pieta

See also: pietà, pietä, pięta, piętą, Pięta, and Pietà

English

Noun

pieta (plural pietas)

1. Alternative form of pietà

Anagrams

• Tapei

Italian

Etymology

First used by Dante, with an accent that corresponds to the one of the nominative of the Latin etymon pietās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: piè‧ta

Noun

pieta f (invariable)

1. (rare, poetic, Dantesque) Alternative form of pietà
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 19–21; 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 fu la paura un poco queta, ¶ che nel lago del cor m’era durata ¶ la notte ch’i’ passai con tanta pieta.

     Then was the fear a little quieted ¶ ⁠That in my heart's lake had endured throughout ¶ ⁠The night, which I had passed so piteously.

Further reading

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