dimando

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See also: dimandò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈman.do/
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Hyphenation: di‧màn‧do

Etymology 1

From dimandare, from Latin dēmandāre, active infinitive form of dēmandō (to entrust, commit).

Noun

dimando m (plural dimandi) (archaic)

  1. inquiry, interrogation, question
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 124–126; 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:
      Elli si mosse; e poi, così andando,
      mi disse: "Perché se’ tu sì smarrito?".
      E io li sodisfeci al suo dimando.
      He moved along; then, as he was going, he said to me: "Why are you so bewildered?". And I satisfied him in his inquiry.
  2. plea, entreaty, request
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 79–81; 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:
      "Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando",
      rispuos’io lui, "voi non sareste ancora
      de l’umana natura posto in bando;
      "If my request were wholly fulfilled," I replied to him, "you wouldn't yet be placed in banishment from human nature"

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dimando

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dimandare

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