capitanio dello puopolo

• IPA^(key): /ka.piˈta.njo ˈdel.lo ˈpwɔ.po.lo/
• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧nio‧dél‧lo‧può‧po‧lo

capitanio dello puopolo m (Old Italian, regional)

1. alternative form of capitano del popolo (officeholder representing the interests of the commoners)
   • 1350s, anonymous author, “Como fu sconfitto lo principe della Morea a porta de Castiello Santo Agnilo, e como fu trovato Guelfo e Gebellino, e delle connizione de Dante e que fine abbe soa vita. [How the prince of Morea was defeated at the door of Castle Sant'Angelo; and how Guelph and Ghibellin were found; and about the circumstances of Dante, and how his life ended]” (chapter 3), in Cronica [Chronicle]‎^[1] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

     Romani […] fecero capitanio dello puopolo uno vertuosissimo barone de casa della Colonna — Sciarra fu sio nome (Romanesco)

     The Romans […] elected as captain of the people a most brave baron of the house Colonna: his name was Sciarra