galateo

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Italian[edit]

FWOTD – 19 January 2019

Etymology[edit]

From Il Galateo, a treatise on good manners by Giovanni della Casa (1503–56) named after the bishop of Sessa Aurunca Galeazzo Florimonte (1484–1565).[1] The name Galeazzo, and its Latinized form Galatheus are cognate with English Galahad.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.laˈtɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la‧tè‧o

Noun[edit]

galateo m (plural galatei)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) etiquette, good manners
    Synonyms: etichetta, buone maniere, bon ton
    • 2015, Dane Chandos, Abbie‎[1], translated by Daniela Pezzella and Monica Pezzella, page 9:
      «L’infermiera mi ha detto di rispettare sempre il galateo inglese» replicai dubbioso. «Idiozie! Il galateo che va bene a casa va bene per tutti. E se il tuo galateo non va bene per tutti, questi ultimi non vanno bene per la casa».
      "The nurse told me to always observe British etiquette", I replied doubtingly. "Rubbish! Good etiquette for the house is good for everybody. And, if your etiquette is not good for everybody, then they are not good for the house."

References[edit]

  1. ^ galateo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading[edit]

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