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Italian
Etymology
From Old French damage, Old Occitan damnatge, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, derived from Latin damnum (“damage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /danˈnad.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -addʒo
- Hyphenation: dan‧nàg‧gio
Noun
dannaggio m (plural dannaggi)
- (obsolete) damage, harm
- Synonym: danno
mid 13th century–1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Come i romani andarono a Fiesole, ove era Catellino [How the Romans went to Fiesole, where Catiline was]” (chapter 14), in Istoria antica; republished as Istoria antica di Ricordano Malespini gentil'uomo fiorentino dall’edificazione di Fiorenza insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giachetto suo nipote dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Stamperia Giunti, 1568, page 8:[…] nella fine Catellino rimaſe con undici compagni, & Antonio con uenti compagni col campo uĩto, e ritornoſsi a Roma con vittoria auegna Iddio che foſſe con grãde dannaggio de Romani.- [ […] nella fine, Catellino rimase con undici compagni, e Antonio con venti compagni, col campo vinto, e ritornossi a Roma con vittoria, avvegna Iddio che fosse con grande dannaggio de' romani.]
- in the end, Catiline was left with eleven companions; and Antonius with twenty, having won the battle; and he returned victorious to Rome, although that was to great harm to the Romans.
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 136–141; 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:Qual è colui che suo dannaggio sogna,
che sognando desidera sognare,
sì che quel ch’è, come non fosse, agogna,
tal mi fec’ io, non possendo parlare,
che disïava scusarmi, e scusava
me tuttavia, e nol mi credea fare.- And, like one who dreams of his own harm, who—dreaming—wishes to dream, so that he craves that which is, as if it were not; such I became, not being able to speak, for I wished to excuse myself, and still excused myself, and did not think I did it.
Further reading
- dannaggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana