pelago
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pelagus, from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos).
Pronunciation
Noun
pelago m (plural pelaghi) (literary)
- sea, open sea
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 7, lines 22–27:
- E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor dal pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, ¶ così l’animo mio, ch’ancor fuggiva, ¶ si volse a retro a rimirar lo passo ¶ che non lasciò già mai persona viva.
- And even as he, who, with distressful breath, forth issued from the sea upon the shore, turns to the water perilous and gazes; so did my soul, that still was fleeing onward, turn itself back to re-behold the pass which never yet a living person left.
- 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “Canto di primavera”, in Juvenilia[1], volume Libro II, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 41, lines 1–3, 7–9:
- Qual sovra la profonda ¶ Pace del glauco pelago ¶ Uscí Venere, […] ¶ Primavera beata ¶ Su le pianure italiche ¶ Sorride
- Like Venus having risen upon the profound calm of the white sea, blessed Spring smiles upon the Italic plains
- Figurative senses:
- an overwhelming passion
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Prohemio [Preface]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][2], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 1:
- quel piacere, che egli è uſato di porgere a chi troppo non ſi mette ne ſuoi piu cupi pelaghi navigando
- that pleasure, that He [Love] usually grants to those who do not sail in his darkest seas
- a complex matter
- 17th c., Galileo Galilei, Dialogo terzo, collected in Opere di Galileo Galilei, volume 4, Padova, published 1744, page 200:
- mi ricordo ancora, che quando ſtudiavo filoſofia, non reſtai perſuaſo dalla dimoſtrazione d'Ariſtotile; anzi che avevo molte eſperienze in contrario: le quali vi potrei anco addurre, ma non voglio, che entriamo in altri pelaghi
- I still remember, when I was studying philosophy, not being convinced by Aristotle's demonstration, but rather having many experiences to the contrary, which I might even mention, but I'd rather not open other cans of worms
- a group of various annoyances
- a very large quantity (of something)
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Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) pelagō
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