egrotante

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aegrōtantem (“being ill or sick”), present participle of aegrōtō (“to be ill or sick”), derived from aeger (“ill, sick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ɡroˈtan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧gro‧tàn‧te

Adjective

egrotante m or f (plural egrotanti)

  1. (literary, obsolete) sick, ill
    Synonyms: ammalato, (poetic) egro, (literary) infermo, malato

Further reading

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

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