veglio
See also: vegliò
Italian
Pronunciation 1
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan vielh, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, whence also Italian vecchio (“old”).
Cognate with French vieux, Portuguese velho, Romanian vechi, and Spanish viejo.
Alternative forms
Adjective
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- (obsolete, poetic, chiefly of people) old
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere[1], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 379, lines 1–4:
- Diceami spesso il mio fidato speglio, ¶ L’animo stanco e la cangiata scorza ¶ E la scemata mia destrezza e forza: ¶ Non ti nasconder più; tu se’ pur veglio.
- Often my faithful mirror shows me my weary spirit, and my altered skin, and my weakened skill and strength, saying: ‘Don’t fool yourself any more: you are old.’
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland][2], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 234:
- E per gli molti eſempi che gia letto ¶ De capitani hauea del tempo ueglio ¶ Com’huom, ch’amaua ſopra ogni diletto ¶ D’udir hiſtorie, e farne al uiuer ſpeglio
- And for the many examples he already read about, of the captains of the old times, as a man who, above all pleasures, loved to hear stories about them, and mirror them in life.
Noun
veglio m (plural vegli)
- (obsolete, poetic) old man
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto I, page 8, lines 28–33:
- Com’ io da loro sguardo fui partito, ¶ un poco me volgendo a l’altro polo, ¶ là onde ’l Carro già era sparito, ¶ vidi presso di me un veglio solo, ¶ degno di tanta reverenza in vista, ¶ che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.
- When from regarding them I had withdrawn, turning a little to the other pole, there where the Wain had disappeared already, I saw beside me an old man alone, worthy of so much reverence in his look, that more owes not to father any son.
Etymology 2
Palatalization of vello (“fleece”), from Latin vellus.
Noun
veglio m (plural vegli)
- Obsolete form of vello.
- 14th century, Giovanni dalle Celle, Lettere[3], published 1845, page 116:
- Ancora nel Vecchio Testamento è figurato questo nel veglio di Gedeone, il quale fu prima pieno di rugiada di grazia, e tutto l’altro mondo era secco, e maladetto
- This is seen again, in the Old Testament, with Gideon's fleece, which was first covered in dew by grace, while the rest of the world was dry and cursed
Pronunciation 2
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
veglio
Anagrams
References
- veglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.ɡli.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛɡlʲioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.ɡli.o/, [ˈvɛːɡlio]
Noun
vegliō m (genitive vegliōnis); third declension
- Alternative form of veglō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |
Genitive | vegliōnis | vegliōnum |
Dative | vegliōnī | vegliōnibus |
Accusative | vegliōnem | vegliōnēs |
Ablative | vegliōne | vegliōnibus |
Vocative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |
References
- Vegliones in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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