See also: ausò

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Romanization

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ausō

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉

Italian

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Etymology 1

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A Dantean Latinism, learnedly borrowed from Latin ausus, perfect passive participle of audeō (I dare). Doublet of oso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.zo/
  • Rhymes: -awzo
  • Hyphenation: àu‧so

Participle

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auso (feminine ausa, masculine plural ausi, feminine plural ause)

  1. (literary, archaic) bold, daring
    Synonym: osato
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 571, lines 61–66:
      Lo rege per cui questo regno pausa ¶ in tanto amore e in tanto diletto, ¶ che nulla volontà è di più ausa, ¶ le menti tutte nel suo lieto aspetto ¶ creando, a suo piacer di grazia dota ¶ diversamente; e qui basti l'effetto.
      The king, by means of whom this realm rests in so great love and in so great delight that no will has dared asking for more, in his own joyous aspect every mind creating, at his pleasure endows with grace diversely; and let here the effect suffice.
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References

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  • auso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈu.zo/
  • Rhymes: -uzo
  • Hyphenation: a‧ù‧so

Verb

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auso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ausare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Frequentative of audeō. Attested in only one manuscript[1] containing the Ars Asperi,[2] a grammatical work whose composition has been 'attributed to seventh-century Irish circles'.[3]

Verb

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ausō (present infinitive ausāre, perfect active ausāvī, supine ausātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to dare
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: osare
    • >? Neapolitan: ausare
    • Sicilian: ausari
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ausare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1044
  2. ^ Hage, Hermann. 1870. Anecdota Helvetica quae ad grammaticam latinam spectant. In Heinrich Keil, Grammatici Latini 8. Leipzig. Page 50.
  3. ^ Field, Rosalind. 1999. Tradition and Transformation in Medieval Romance. Cambridge: Brewer. Page 5.

Etymology 2

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Participle

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ausō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ausus

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ausō

  1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of audeō
Usage notes
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See explanation at audeō.