predicamento
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin praedicāmentum, derived from Latin praedicō (“I declare, proclame, predicate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamenti)
- (archaic) preaching; sermon
- Synonym: predica
- 13th century, Le quaranta omelie di S. Gregorio Papa sopra gli evangelii - Volume I[1], published 1830, page 27:
- E però Giovanni alle parole d’invidia rispose predicamenti di vita, il quale incontanente aggiugne: Io battezzo in acqua, ma in mezzo di voi è stato colui, il quale voi non conoscete.
- Therefore, to those words of envy, John answered with preachings about life, and immediately added: "I baptize in water, but among you has been he who you do not know."
- (logic, philosophy) predicament, category
- 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume secondo, published 1804, pages 299–300:
- I numeri semplicemente […] si ritruovano in tutti i parlari di tutte le lingue; perchè il parlare cade sotto il predicamento della quantità
- Numbers are simply found in every form of every language, for speech falls under the predicament of quantity
- (archaic) reputation
- Synonyms: nomea, reputazione
- essere in predicamento di... ― to have a reputation of...
- 1570, Benedetto Varchi, L'Ercolano - Volume primo, published 1804, page 159:
- Avere alcuno mala voce, è quello, che i Latini dicevano male audit, cioè essere in cattivo concetto, e predicamento.
- Avere alcuno mala voce is what the Latin referred to as male audit, that is, to have a bad name and reputation.
Related terms
References
- predicamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamentos)
- (chiefly logic and philosophy) predicament (a definite class, state or condition)
Spanish
Noun
predicamento m (plural predicamentos)
- prestige
- (Latin America) predicament (difficult situation)
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