sermone

See also: Sermone

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

sermo (archaic)

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin sermōnem (“conversation; speech”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /serˈmo.ne/
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: ser‧mó‧ne

Noun edit

sermone m (plural sermoni)

(archaic) language, speech
Synonyms: lingua, linguaggio
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “XL — S’Amore o Morte non dà qualche stroppio”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–9; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
  i’ farò forse un mio lavor sí 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 language, so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.
- 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎^[1], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 17:
  Misere labbra, che temprar non sanno
  Con le Galliche grazie il sermon nostro
  Bleak lips, that know not how to soften our language through the Gaulish graces
1. speech (act of speaking); the words uttered in speech
  Synonym: parlare
  - mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[2], lines 136–138; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
    Quando 'l maestro fu sovr'esso fermo,
    disse: «Chi fosti, che per tante punte
    soffi con sangue doloroso sermo?
    When near him had the Master stayed his steps, he said: "Who were you, that through so many wounds are blowing out with blood your dolorous speech?"
  - 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 31”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 51; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
    e venne con Grifon, con Aquilante
    […]
    a cheti passi e senza alcun sermone.
    He came with Gryphon and with Aquilant, with stealthy pace and without speaking.
2. (literary) sermon, lecture
  Synonym: orazione
  - c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[4], lines 145–148; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[5], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
    Ma voi torcete a la religïone
    tal che fia nato a cignersi la spada,
    e fate re di tal ch'è da sermone;
    onde la traccia vostra è fuor di strada
    But you unto religion wrench aside him who was born to gird him with the sword, and make a king of him who is for sermons; therefore your footsteps wander from the road
(literary) poetic work with moralistic and didascalic features