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Italian
Etymology
fante (“servant, helper; child”) + -ino (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fanˈti.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: fan‧tì‧no
Noun
fantino m (plural fantini, feminine fantina)
- (archaic) (small) child
mid 13th century–1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Come Romolo e Remo nacquero di Rea Silva, vergine vestale; e delle edificazioni di Roma [How Romulus and Remus were born from vestal virgin Rhea Silvia, and on the building of Rome]” (chapter 11), 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 6:[…] Queſti due fantini per auentura peruennono alle mani di Fauſtale paſtore del re […]- [ […] Questi due fantini, per aventura, pervennono alle mani di Faustale, pastore del re […] ]
- By chance, the two children ended up in the hands of Faustulus, shepherd under the king
- jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively)
References
- fantino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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