ancoi

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian ancoi, from Old Occitan ancoi, derived from an unknown term + Latin hodiē (“today”). Compare Ligurian ancheu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈkɔj/
• Rhymes: -ɔj
• Hyphenation: an‧còi

Adverb

ancoi

1. (obsolete, Venice) today, nowadays

   Synonym: oggi

   • early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[1], lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Non credo che per terra vada ancoi
     omo sì duro, che non fosse punto
     per compassion di quel ch'i' vidi poi

     I do not think there's anyone today walking the earth, hardened enough to not be pierced by compassion at what I saw afterwards

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Caino, acino, ciano, ciano-, conia, icona, oncia

Venetian

Alternative forms

• anco', ancuo, onco’

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi

Adverb

ancoi

1. today

Noun

ancoi m (invariable)

1. today