alterezza

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From altero +‎ -ezza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.teˈret.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ettsa
  • Hyphenation: al‧te‧réz‧za

Noun

alterezza f (plural alterezze) (rare)

  1. pride
    Synonym: orgoglio
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della castità [Triumph of Chastity]”, in Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 420, lines 1–3:
      Quando ad un giogo ed in un tempo quivi
      Domita l'alterezza degli Dei,
      E degli uomini vidi al mondo divi
      When, here, I saw the pride of gods and the god-like men in the world, tamed together under a yoke
    • 1581, “Libro Ⅳ [Book 4]”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid]‎, Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro, published 1827, page 172:
      […] Io credo (e non è vana
      La mia credenza) che dal ciel discenda
      Veracemente. L'alterezza è segno
      D'animi generosi. […]
      I believe (and my belief is not empty) that he actually descends from the heavens. Pride is the sign of a kind soul.
    • 1764, Ippolito Neri, La presa di Saminiato‎, published 1850, Canto Ⅶ, page 573:
      […] il ciel che vede
      Del mio cuor l'alterezza, e la bravura,
      Sia testimon verace, e faccia fede,
      Se in me sospetto alberga, o vil paura
      Let the heavens, who see the pride and bravery of my heart, be witness and testify, if suspicion, or cowardly fear, lives inside me
  2. arrogance, haughtiness
    Synonym: alterigia

Further reading

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