dereto

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Italian

Adverb

dereto

  1. Obsolete and rare form of dietro
    • XIth century, Saint Clement and Sisinnius inscription, Rome
      FALITE DERETO COLO PALO CARVONCELLE
      Get behind him with the pole, Carvoncelle!
    • XIIIth century, Ritmo di Sant'Alessio, lines 161–162:
      Entro en cammora s’enn·entrao ¶ et po’ l’ussu dereto si ’mserrao.
      He went in the room, and then closed the door behind .
    • c. 1255, Storia de Troia e de Roma:
      Per commannamento de li senatori lo vilissimo console fo denu­dato e legate le mani dereto allo culo, []
      By order of the senators the vile consul was denuded and his hands tied behind his buttocks,