eternale
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin aeternāle(m), accusative form of aeternālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (obsolete, poetic) eternal
- Synonym: eterno
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Quinta giornata, Novella VIII [The Fifth Day, Eighth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron][1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 153:
- io un di con queſto ſtocco, il quale tu mi vedi in mano, come diſperato, m'ucciſi, & ſono alle pene eternali dannato
- One day, with this rapier you see in my hand, I killed myself, and I'm damned to the eternal punishment
Derived terms
References
- eternale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana