fededegno

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fidē dignus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe.deˈdeɲ.ɲo/
  • Rhymes: -eɲɲo
  • Hyphenation: fe‧de‧dé‧gno

Adjective

fededegno (feminine fededegna, masculine plural fededegni, feminine plural fededegne) (literary)

  1. trustworthy, truthful (of a person)
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata prima – Introduzione”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, volume 1, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Maravigliosa cosa è ad udire quello che io debbo dire, il che se dagli occhi di molti e da’ miei non fosse stato veduto, appena che io ardissi di crederlo, non che di scriverlo, quantunque da fede degna persona udito l’avessi.
      What I have to say is marvelous to hear; if it had not been seen by the eyes of many—and by my own—I would have hardly believed it, let alone written about it, even if I had heard about it from someone trustworthy.
    • 1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo dove se demostra le rascione per le quale questa opera fatta fu [Preface and first chapter wherein the reason for which this work was made is shown]”, in Cronica [Chronicle]‎; republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:
      massimamente alcuna cosa che fu in mio paiese intesi da perzone fidedegne (Rome)
      in particular, every thing that happened in my country I heard about from credible people
  2. authoritative, reliable, credible (of a document or testimony)
    Synonyms: attendibile, autorevole, valido
    • 1477 [413–426], “Capitolo .xxvi.” (chapter 26), Libro primo, in Antonio Miscomini, transl., De la cità di Dio [On the city of God]‎ (theology; manuscript), translation of Dē cīvitāte Deī by Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (in Late Latin), page 567:
      […] ꝑ chio nõ ſo ſella diuina autoritade con alchune fedi degnie teſtificationi a fatto ĩtẽdere alla chieſa: che debba coſi honorare la loro memoria
      [ […] perocch'io non so se la divina autoritade, con alcune fedidegne testificazioni, ha fatto intendere alla Chiesa che debba così onorare la loro memoria]
      since I know not if the divine authority, through reliable testimonies, has let the Church understand that it should honor their memory in this way

Further reading

  • fededegno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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