spretato

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spreˈta.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: spre‧tà‧to

Participle

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spretato (feminine spretata, masculine plural spretati, feminine plural spretate)

  1. past participle of spretarsi

Adjective

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spretato (feminine spretata, masculine plural spretati, feminine plural spretate)

  1. unpriested

Noun

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spretato m (plural spretati)

  1. one who has unpriested himself
    • 1957, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo quarantaseiesimo: Costantino”, in Storia di Roma [History of Rome], 46th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 510:
      Lo spretato continuò a predicare con ammirevole zelo, confutò le tesi di Celso in un'opera rimasta famosa; fu imprigionato e torturato, ma non rinnegò la sua fede
      The unpriested one [Origen] kept preaching with admirable zeal, critiqued Celsus' theses in a work that remains famous, was imprisoned and tortured, but never renounced his faith

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