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Galician
Verb
caendo
- gerund of caer
Italian
Etymology
From Latin quaerendō, ablative gerund of quaerō (“I seek, look for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɛn.do/
- Rhymes: -ɛndo
- Hyphenation: ca‧èn‧do
Verb
caendo
- (obsolete) gerund of a defective verb that has no other form: seeking, looking for
- Synonym: cercando
13th century [4th to 5th century CE], “Incominciasi il libro di Vegezio Flavio Rinato per dignità chiarissimo, che tratta delle cose della Cavalleria, a Teodosio vittorioso Imperadore mandato [Thus begins the book of Vegetius Flavius Renatus — most worthy and illustrious — about the things of Cavalry, sent to the victorious Emperor Theodosius]”, Libro primo [First book], in Bono Giamboni, transl., Dell'arte della guerra [On the art of war], translation of Dē rē mīlitārī by Pūblius Flāvius Vegetius Renātus (in Late Latin); republished as Di Vegezio Flavio, Dell’arte della guerra libri IV - volgarizzamento di Bono Giamboni, Florence: Giovanni Marenigh, 1815, pages 5–6:[…] questa nostra opera non desidera di parole grande ornamento, nè grande sottigliezza d'ingegno, ma fatica diligente e fedele, acciocchè quello che spartitamente è detto per molti ¶ […] in uno volume si rechi, ed apertamente si dica, […] acciocchè Tu, vittorioso Imperadore, […] trovi ciò che delle grandi cose necessarie di cavalleria vai sempre caendo.- this work of ours does not wish for a great adornment of words, nor for great subtlety of thought; but for diligent and faithful work, so that that which is said separately by many is brought in one volume, and said openly, so that You, o victorious Emperor, find that which you go looking for of the great necessary things of cavalry.
15th century, Angelo Poliziano, Ben venga maggio, collected in Rime by Natalino Sapegno, Roma, published 1965, lines 39–41:Amor ne vien ridendo
con rose e gigli in testa,
e vien di voi caendo.- Love comes laughing, with roses and lilies on its head, and comes looking for you.
Usage notes
- Usually used together with andare (“to go”) or venire (“to come”).
References
- caendo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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