rampollo
See also: rampollò
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably from Latin rāmī pullus (literally “sprout of the branch”).
Noun edit
rampollo m (plural rampolli)
- shoot (of a plant)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto IV, p. 76 vv. 130-131:
- Nasce per quello, a guisa di rampollo, ¶ a piè del vero il dubbio; [...]
- Therefore springs up, in fashion of a shoot, ¶ doubt at the foot of truth; [...]
- (literary) spring (of water)
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XXVI, p.123:
- Quindi uede laſſar gli argini molli, ¶ e fuor l'acqua ſpicciar con piu rampolli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
rampollo m (plural rampolli, feminine rampolla)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rampollo