ulto

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English

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Adverb

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ulto (not comparable)

  1. Contraction of ultimo (of last month).

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ultus, past participle of ulcīscor (I avenge; I take vengeance).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈul.to/
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Hyphenation: ùl‧to

Participle

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ulto (feminine ulta, masculine plural ulti, feminine plural ulte)

  1. (poetic) avenged, revenged
    Synonym: vendicato
    Antonym: (literary) inulto
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 41”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 62; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      [] nel proprio loco fia sepulto, / ove anco ucciso da la gente fella: / per questo tardi vendicato et ulto / fia da la moglie e da la sua sorella.
      [] he will be buried in his place, where [he was] also killed by wicked people. For this he will be avenged late by his wife and sister.
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia[1], Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 162:
      [] ne’ campi memori / De la clade che ancora ulta non fu / Scenda a pugnar con impeto / D’odio maturo l’itala virtú
      in the fields mindful of the bloodshed still not avenged, may the Italian virtue come to fight with the force of mature hatred
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Latin

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Participle

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ultō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ultus