lonza
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, whence also Italian lince (a borrowed doublet). Cognate to French once.
Noun edit
lonza f (plural lonze)
- a term used in the Middle Ages to describe a type of wild cat, possibly a lynx or leopard (cf. Portuguese onça)
- 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], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
Further reading edit
- lónza1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lonza (animale) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Old French longe.
Noun edit
lonza f (plural lonze)
Further reading edit
- lónza2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lonza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it