prisco
See also: Prisco
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin prīscus, from earlier *priuscus, derived from prior (“former”, “previous”), from Proto-Italic *priōs, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per (“to go over”).
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prisco (feminine prisca, masculine plural prischi, feminine plural prische)
- (poetic) (very) ancient
- Synonyms: antico, arcaico, passato, remoto, (literary) pristino, (literary) vetusto
- Antonyms: attuale, contemporaneo, moderno, recente
- 14th century, Francesco Petrarca with Gianfranco Contini, “S'Amore o Morte non da qualche stroppio [If Love or Death do not bring some flaw]”, in Canzoniere[1], 12th edition, Turin: Laterza, published 1989, lines 5–8:
- […] i' farò forse un mio lavor sì doppio ¶ tra lo stil de' moderni e 'l sermon prisco ¶ che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco, ¶ infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.
- […] perhaps I will create a double work ¶ in modern style but with ancient content, ¶ so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, ¶ you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “II. Sul monumento di Dante [About Dante's monument]”, in Canti[2], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 18, lines 3–6:
- […] non fien da' lacci sciolte ¶ dell'antico sopor l'itale menti ¶ s'ai patrii esempi della prisca etade ¶ questa terra fatal non si rivolga.
- […] they may not be freed from the snares ¶ of their age-old drowsiness, the Italian minds, ¶ if to the country's examples of the ancient age ¶ this great land will not return.
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prīscō
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prisco (feminine prisca, masculine plural priscos, feminine plural priscas)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin persicum (“peach”).
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Noun edit
prisco m (plural priscos)
- (regional) apricot
- Synonym: albaricoque
Further reading edit
- “prisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Prunus armeniaca on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es