orezza
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈred.d͡za/
- Rhymes: -eddza
- Hyphenation: o‧réz‧za
Etymology 1
Noun
orezza f (plural orezze) (archaic or poetic)
- alternative form of orezzo
- 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 145–150; 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:
- tal mi senti’ un vento dar per mezza
la fronte, e ben senti’ mover la piuma,
che fé sentir d'ambrosïa l’orezza.- So did I feel a breeze strike in the midst
my front, and felt the moving of the plumes
that breathed around an odour of ambrosia.
- So did I feel a breeze strike in the midst
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
orezza
- inflection of orezzare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- orezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana