ingiuria

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒu.rja/
  • Rhymes: -urja
  • Hyphenation: in‧giù‧ria

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin iniūria.

Noun

ingiuria f (plural ingiurie)

  1. (archaic) injury, injustice, wrong
    Synonyms: insulto, affronto
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XI, page 167, lines 22–24:
      D'ogne malizia, ch'odio in cielo acquista, ¶ ingiuria è 'l fine, ed ogne fin cotale ¶ o con forza o con frode altrui contrista.
      Of every malice that wins hate in Heaven, ¶ injury is the end; and all such end ¶ either by force or fraud afflicteth others.
  2. (law) offence/offense
    Synonyms: torto, ingiustizia, danno
  3. (literary) insult, abuse, affront
    Synonym: offesa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ingiuria

  1. inflection of ingiuriare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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