indarno
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Etymology[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
indarno (literary)
Adjective[edit]
indarno (feminine indarna, masculine plural indarni, feminine plural indarne) (literary)
- vain, useless
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXXVIII — Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–3; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
- Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno / a le piaghe mortali / che nel bel corpo tuo sì spesse veggio […]
- My dear Italy, although speaking is useless to [cure] the mortal wounds that in your beautiful body I see so many […]