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Italian
Etymology
From Latin antithetum, antitheton, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivization of the neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈti.te.to/
- Rhymes: -iteto
- Hyphenation: an‧tì‧te‧to
Noun
antiteto m (plural antiteti)
- (archaic, rhetoric) antithet; one of the two contrasting terms in an antithesis
- 1613, Giambattista Attendolo, L'unità della materia poetica, Francesco Ricciardi (1724), p. 85-86, “Del proprio, e dell'improprio”:
E' leggiadriſſimo proprio riguardar con l'antiteto del verbo l'aggiunto del ſoſtantivo, eſemplo, Per non turbar il bel viſo ſereno.- It is exquisite suitable to refer to the addition to the substantive through the antithet, example: So as not to trouble the fair, serene visage.
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