fiata

Dalmatian

Etymology

Probably from the feminine of a Vulgar Latin *fictus < Latin fissus, past participle of findere. Compare Italian fetta, Spanish and Portuguese fita, Sardinian and Sicilian fitta.

Noun

fiata f

1. slice, cut

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfja.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fià‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French fiée, from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis (“time, turn, instance”). Doublet of vicata, which was inherited.

Noun

fiata f (plural fiate)

1. (obsolete) time, instance, occasion

   Synonym: volta

   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 49–51; 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:

     «S'ei fur cacciati, ei tornar d'ogne parte»
     rispuos' io lui, «l'una e l'altra fïata;
     ma i vostri non appreser ben quell'arte».

     "If they were banished, they returned on all sides", I answered him, "the first time and the second; but yours have not acquired that art well."

   • 14^th c., Franco Sacchetti, “Novella ⅩⅩⅩⅩⅨ [Novel 49]”, in Novelle di Franco Sacchetti - Parte prima‎^[3], published 1724, page 85:

     Disse il Podestà: vacci con Dio; per questa fiata t'ajo perdonato

     The podesta said: "Go with God; for this time, I've forgiven you"

Related terms

• vece

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fiata

1. inflection of fiatare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative