palagio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome. Doublet of palazzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈla.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -adʒo
• Hyphenation: pa‧là‧gio

Noun

palagio m (plural palagi)

1. (literary, obsolete) palace
   • c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa, “148 - Di Quinsai [148 - About Quinsai]”, in Il Milione [The Million]‎^[1], translation of Le divisement dou monde; republished Antonio Lanza, editor, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

     Nel mezzo di questo lago à due isole: su ciascuna à uno molto bel palagio e ricco, sí ben fatto che bene pare palagio d’imperadore. E chi vòle fare nozze o convito, fàllo in questi palagi

     There are two islands in the middle of this lake: on each one is a very beautiful and sumptuous palace, so beautifully built that it looks like an emperor's palace. And those who wish to hold a wedding, or a feast, do so in these palaces

   • 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto II”, in Morgante‎^[2], Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 26:

     E in questo ragionando, hanno veduto
     Un bel palagio in mezzo del deserto

     While they talked about it, they saw a beautiful palace in the middle of the desert

   • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Il giorno [The Day]‎^[3]; republished, Milano: Paolo Cavalletti, 1819, page 18:

     Il vulgo intanto […]
     […]
     Fia pago assai, poichè vedrà sovente
     Ire e tornar dal tuo palagio i primi
     D'arte maestri […]

     Meanwhile the people will be very satisfied, once they see the first art masters frequently coming and going to your palace

2. (historical) the mayoral palace
   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata seconda – Novella prima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[4], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     Subitamente, udito questo, ben dodici de’ sergenti corsero lá dove il misero Martellino era senza pettine carminato, ed alle maggiori fatiche del mondo rotta la calca, loro tutto pesto e tutto rotto il trassero delle mani e menaronnelo a palagio

     Having heard this, twelve sergeants ran where poor Martellino was carded without a comb, and, having cut through the mob, they took him—all beaten and broken—from their hands, and escorted him to the palace

References

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