costui

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu istūi, for Latin eccum istī, dative singular of iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈstui/

Pronoun

costui m (f costei, pl costoro, demonstrative)

1. (literary, used to indicate a person close to the speaker) he, him; this man
   • 1911, Giovanni Diodatti, Il Nuovo Testamento del Nostro Signore e Salvatore Gesù Cristo‎^[1], San Giovanni 7:25, page 247:

     Non è costui quel ch'essi cercan di uccidere?

     Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

Usage notes

• The pronouns costui, costei, and costoro are often pejorative.

Related terms

• colui
• lui

Anagrams

• scuoti
• uscito