onranza

Italian

Etymology

Syncopic form of onoranza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈran.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -antsa
• Hyphenation: on‧ràn‧za

Noun

onranza f (plural onranze)

1. Syncopic form of onoranza
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IV, page 58, lines 73–78:

     «O tu ch’onori scïenzïa e arte, ¶ questi chi son, c’hanno cotanta onranza, ¶ che dal modo de li altri li diparte?» ¶ E quelli a me: «L’onrata nominanza ¶ che di lor suona sù ne la tua vita, ¶ grazïa acquista in ciel che sì li avanza».

     "O thou who honorest every art and science, who may these be, which such great honor have, that from the fashion of the rest it parts them?" And he to me: "The honorable name, that sounds of them above there in thy life, wins grace in Heaven, that so advances them."

Anagrams

• ranzano