coverto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈvɛr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛrto
• Hyphenation: co‧vèr‧to

Adjective

coverto (feminine coverta, masculine plural coverti, feminine plural coverte)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of coperto
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed ecco, quasi al cominciar de l'erta, ¶ una lonza leggera e presta molto, ¶ che di pel macolato era coverta; […]

     And lo! almost where the ascent began, a panther light and swift exceedingly, which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!

Anagrams

• torcevo