ammanto

See also: ammantò

Italian

Etymology 1

Either from manto or back-formation from ammantare.

Noun

ammanto m (plural ammanti) (obsolete)

  1. mantle, cloak donned by a representative of the Church as a token of his holy office
  2. (figurative) the office itself
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto II”, in Inferno [Hell], line 27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Per questa onde li dai tu vanto,
      intese cose che furon cagione
      di sua vittoria et del papale ammanto.
      Your journey hence gives them praise,
      a journey most seminal in
      her (Rome's) victory and for the Holy See to thrive.
  3. (by extension) any article of clothing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ammanto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ammantare

References

  • ammanto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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