allotta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈlɔt.ta/, [äl̺ˈl̺ɔt̪ːä]
• Hyphenation: al‧lòt‧ta

Etymology 1

Contraction of all'otta (literally “at the hour, at the time”).

Adverb

allotta (obsolete)

1. at the time, then (referring to the past)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXXIV, p. 505 vv. 6-7:

     [...] par di lungi un molin che 'l vento gira, ¶ veder mi parve un tal dificio allotta;

     [...] appears far off a mill the wind is turning ¶ methought that such a building then I saw;

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the verb allottare.

Verb

allotta

1. third-person singular present indicative of allottare
2. second-person singular imperative of allottare

Anagrams

• allatto, allattò