omicidiale
Italian
editAlternative forms
edit- omicidial (apocope)
Etymology
editFrom Late Latin homicīdiālis, homicīdālis, derived from Latin homicīdium. By surface analysis, omicidio (“homicide”) + -ale (“-al”, “pertaining to”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editomicidiale (plural omicidiali)
- (archaic) homicidal, killing, murderous
- c. 1527, Francesco Berni, “Canto XXXVI [Canto 36]”, in Orlando Innamorato [Orlando in Love][1], Milano: Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, published 1806, page 53:
- Qui sta, perchè tu sappi un malandrino
ch'ognun che passa in questo lago getta;
crudele omicidial ladro villano- So that you know, here is a brigand whom everyone that passes throws in this lake cruel, homicidal, thieflike, villanous
Noun
editomicidiale m (plural omicidiali)
- (archaic) killer, murderer
- a. 1357, Iacopo Passavanti, Scrittori di religione del Trecento: testi originali [Religious Writers of the 14th century: Original texts][2], G. Einaudi, published 1954, page 94:
- Io sono apostata della mia religione, io sono rubatore di strada, io omicidiale di molte persone
- I am apostate of my religion, I am a street thief, I am a murderer of many people
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- omicidiale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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