da sezzo

Italian

Alternative forms

Adverb

da sezzo (obsolete)

  1. finally, lastly, in the end
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 138–139; 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:
      con tal cura conviene e con tai pasti / che la piaga da sezzo si ricuscia.
      it is appropriate that, through such care and such food, the wound finally heals itself.

References

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