bieltate

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjelˈta.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: biel‧tà‧te

Noun

bieltate f (plural bieltati)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of beltà (“beauty”)
   • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo VIII [Third treatise, Chapter 8]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 21:

     Ultimamente quando dico: Però qual donna sente sua bieltate, conchiudo, sotto colore d’ammonire altrui, lo fine a che fatta fue tanta biltade

     Finally, when I say And so let every woman who hears her beauty, I disclose, under the pretense of admonishing someone else, the end for which such beauty was made