rampollo

See also: rampollò

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Latin rāmī pullus (literally “sprout of the branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ramˈpol.lo/, [r̺ämˈpo̞l̺ːo]
• Rhymes: -ollo
• Hyphenation: ram‧pól‧lo

Noun

rampollo m (plural rampolli)

1. shoot (of a plant)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto IV, p. 76 vv. 130-131:

     Nasce per quello, a guisa di rampollo, ¶ a piè del vero il dubbio; [...]

     Therefore springs up, in fashion of a shoot, ¶ doubt at the foot of truth; [...]

2. (literary) spring (of water)
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Gabriel Giolito (1551), Canto XXVI, p.123:

     Quindi uede laſſar gli argini molli, ¶ e fuor l'acqua ſpicciar con piu rampolli.

rampollo m (plural rampolli, feminine rampolla)

1. descendant, scion

Verb

rampollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rampollare