adiettivo

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.djetˈti.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: a‧diet‧tì‧vo

Noun

adiettivo m (plural adiettivi)

  1. Obsolete form of aggettivo (adjective).
    • 1540, Francesco Priscianese, “Libro quinto [Fifth book]”, in Della lingua romana [On the Roman Language]‎, Concordanze negli Infinitivi de Verbi divenuti Nomi, page ⅽⅼⅹⅹⅹⅴ:
      Gli Infinitivi dei Verbi divengono tal'hora Nomi Sustantivi neutri singulari indeclinabili,perché possono havere il loro Adiettivo concordandosi con quello, come s'usa.
      The infinitives of verbs sometimes become indeclinable neuter singular nouns, so they can have their adjective by agreeing with it, as it is done.
    • 1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “Del parlare, delle parole, delle sillabe, e delle lettere [About speaking, words, syllables, and letters]”, in Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people]‎, Torino: Stamperia Reale, Che cosa sieno le Sillabe, page 6:
      L'Adiettivo è quello, che significa cosa, che non può da se sussistere nel discorso, ma è necessario, che si appoggi, ed aggiunga ad altro nome, che da per se si regge
      The adjective is the one that means something which cannot exist in speech by itself; it instead needs to be coupled with another noun, which can stand by itself