divizia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvitia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈvit.t͡sja/
  • Rhymes: -ittsja
  • Hyphenation: di‧vì‧zia

Noun

divizia f (plural divizie)

  1. (obsolete, literary) abundance
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXII, page 332:
      Ond'ei, ch'avea lacciuoli a gran divizia, ¶ rispuose: «Malizioso son io troppo, ¶ quand'io procuro a' mia maggior trestizia».
      Whence he, who snares in great abundance had, ¶ responded: «I by far too cunning am, ¶ when I procure for mine a greater sadness.»
    1. (in the plural) riches, wealth
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