esegetico

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin exēgēticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητικός (exēgētikós), derived from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, I interpret; I explain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.zeˈd͡ʒɛ.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtiko
  • Hyphenation: e‧se‧gè‧ti‧co

Adjective

esegetico (feminine esegetica, masculine plural esegetici, feminine plural esegetiche)

  1. (linguistics) exegetic, exegetical
    • 1990, “I sūtra sulla Perfezione della Sapienza (prajñāpāramitā)”, in Giorgio Milanetti, transl., Il Buddhismo Mahayana: La sapienza e la compassione [Mahayana Buddhism: Wisdom and Compassion], translation of Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations by Paul Williams, page 50:
      Inoltre, dal momento che gli stessi sūtra e i relativi trattati esegetici erano anche guide per la meditazione, quest’ultima, come ben sa chi abbia fatto pratica, non poteva essere compiuta efficacemente facendo continuo riferimento a una serie di istruzioni scritte.
      Moreover, since the sūtras and their exegetical treatises were also guides to meditation, the latter, as anyone who has practised knows, couldn't be performed effectively by continuously referencing a series of written instructions.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • esegetico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • esegetico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • esegètico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • eṡegètico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana