sciparsi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dissipāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ʃiˈpar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: sci‧pàr‧si

Verb

scipàrsi (first-person singular present mi scìpo, first-person singular past historic mi scipài, past participle scipàtosi)

  1. (archaic) to abort
    • (Can we date this quote?), Franco Sacchetti, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      una donna gravida, la quale ne cadde in terra per la forma che si scipòe
      a pregnant woman, who, judging by how she aborted, probably stumbled and fell

See also

Further reading

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

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