cammin

Italian

Noun

cammin m (apocopated)

1. (poetic, literary) Apocopic form of cammino; way, journey
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 1–3; 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:

     Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita ¶ mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ¶ ché la diritta via era smarrita.

     Midway upon the journey of our life ¶ I found myself within a forest dark, ¶ for the straightforward pathway had been lost.