dimando

See also: dimandò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈman.do/
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: di‧màn‧do

Etymology 1

From dimandare, from Latin dēmandāre, active infinitive form of dēmandō (“to entrust, commit”).

Noun

dimando m (plural dimandi) (archaic)

1. inquiry, interrogation, question
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 124–126; 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:

     Elli si mosse; e poi, così andando,
     mi disse: "Perché se’ tu sì smarrito?".
     E io li sodisfeci al suo dimando.

     He moved along; then, as he was going, he said to me: "Why are you so bewildered?". And I satisfied him in his inquiry.

2. plea, entreaty, request
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[3], lines 79–81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[4], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     "Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando",
     rispuos’io lui, "voi non sareste ancora
     de l’umana natura posto in bando;

     "If my request were wholly fulfilled," I replied to him, "you wouldn't yet be placed in banishment from human nature"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dimando

1. first-person singular present indicative of dimandare

Anagrams

• dandomi, domandi