ancoi

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan ancoi, from Old Occitan ancoi, derived from an unknown term + Latin hodiē (“today”). Compare Ligurian ancheu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈkɔj/
  • Rhymes: -ɔj
  • Hyphenation: an‧còi

Adverb

ancoi

  1. (obsolete, Venice) today, nowadays
    Synonym: oggi
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 52–54; 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:
      Non credo che per terra vada ancoi
      omo sì duro, che non fosse punto
      per compassion di quel ch'i' vidi poi
      I do not think there's anyone today walking the earth, hardened enough to not be pierced by compassion at what I saw afterwards

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Venetan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi

Adverb

ancoi

  1. today

Noun

ancoi m (invariable)

  1. today
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