costà

See also: costa, Costa, cósta, costá, costâ, and cô ta

Catalan

Verb

costà

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of costar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin eccum istāc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈsta/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: co‧stà

Adverb

costà

1. (Tuscany) there
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 40–42; 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:

     Allor distese al legno ambo le mani;
     per che ’l maestro accorto lo sospinse,
     dicendo: « Via costà con li altri cani! ».

     Then stretched he both his hands on the boat; at which my wary Master thrust him back, saying, "Away there with the other dogs!"

Related terms

• costì

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Tasco, casto, scato-, scota, tosca

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian costare, from Latin constare.

Verb

costà

1. to cost