antiteto
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin antithetum, antitheton, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivization of the neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).
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Noun[edit]
antiteto m (plural antiteti)
- (archaic, rhetoric) antithet; one of the two contrasting terms in an antithesis
- 1613, Giambattista Attendolo, L'unità della materia poetica, Francesco Ricciardi (1724), p. 85-86, “Del proprio, e dell'improprio”:
- E' leggiadriſſimo proprio riguardar con l'antiteto del verbo l'aggiunto del ſoſtantivo, eſemplo, Per non turbar il bel viſo ſereno.
- It is exquisite [and] suitable to refer to the addition to the substantive through the antithet, [for] example: So as not to trouble the fair, serene visage.
- 1613, Giambattista Attendolo, L'unità della materia poetica, Francesco Ricciardi (1724), p. 85-86, “Del proprio, e dell'improprio”:
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