all'uopo
Italian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “at the need”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (archaic, now chiefly humorous) if need be
- Synonym: se necessario
- 1788 [c. 1733], “Epistola quarta”, in Giovanni Vincenzo Benini, transl., L'uomo del Pope [The man of Pope][1], translation of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (in English), page 131:
- Senza compagno, senza guida e privo
Di giudice perfin, come potresti,
In tanta impresa abbandonato e solo,
Manifestar la verità e la patria
Salvar, all’uopo, dalla sua ruina?- [original: Without a second or without a judge:
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?] - Without a companion, without a guide, lacking even a judge, how could you, left alone in such an endeavor, show the truth, and—if need be—save the motherland from ruin?
- [original: Without a second or without a judge:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all', uopo.
Further reading
edit- uopo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana