oggimai

Italian

Etymology

From oggi (“today”) +‎ mai (“never”, “ever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔd.d͡ʒiˈmaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: og‧gi‧mài

Adverb

oggimai

1. (obsolete, literary) by now, by this time, now, at this point, by then

   Synonyms: oramai, ormai

   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIV”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 25–27; 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:

     Io non mori' e non rimasi vivo;
     pensa oggimai per te, s'hai fior d'ingegno,
     qual io divenni, d'uno e d'altro privo.

     I did not die, and I did not remain alive; think for yourself now, if you have a bit of wisdom, what I became, deprived of both.

Related terms

• omai