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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan enveja, from Latin invidia. Cognate with Sicilian mmija.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈved.d͡ʒa/
- Rhymes: -eddʒa
- Hyphenation: in‧vég‧gia
Noun
inveggia f (plural invegge)
- (obsolete) envy
- Synonym: invidia
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto VI, pages 83–84, lines 16–21:Quivi pregava con le mani sporte ¶ Federigo Novello, e quel da Pisa ¶ che fé parer lo buon Marzucco forte. ¶ Vidi conte Orso e l’anima divisa ¶ dal corpo suo per astio e per inveggia, ¶ com’ e’ dicea, non per colpa commisa- There was imploring with his hands outstretched Frederick Novello, and that one of Pisa who made the good Marzucco seem so strong. I saw Count Orso; and the soul divided by hatred and by envy from its body, as it declared, and not for crime committed
Derived terms
References
- inveggia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana