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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.kweˈfat.to/
- Rhymes: -atto
- Hyphenation: li‧que‧fàt‧to
Participle
liquefatto (feminine liquefatta, masculine plural liquefatti, feminine plural liquefatte)
- past participle of liquefare
Adjective
liquefatto (feminine liquefatta, masculine plural liquefatti, feminine plural liquefatte)
- liquefied, melted
- Synonym: sciolto
early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 88–90; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:poi, liquefatta, in sé stessa trapela,
pur che la terra che perde ombra spiri,
sì che par foco fonder la candela- And then , melted, trickles through itself whenever the land that loses shadow breathes, so that it seems a fire that melts a taper
1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision], Florence, published 1833, page 45:E le tue furibonde, rozze e matte,
Diversi cibi avendo a rugumare,
Debili e per ebbrezza liquefatte
Si rendono […]- And yours – enraged, coarse, and crazy – grazing on different foodstuffs, make themselves weak and melted by drunkenness.
c. 1477, Lorenzo de' Medici, La rappresentazione di san Giovanni e Paolo [The performance of St. John and Paul], collected in Lorenzo de' Medici il Magnifico - Opere by Attilio Simioni, volume 2, page 88, published 1913:per le parole sante, quali hai detto
io sento il cuor giá tutto liquefatto- Because of the holy words you have uttered, I already feel my heart all melted
1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 11”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 24; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:Italia e Francia e tutte l’altre bande
del mondo han poi la crudele arte appresa.
Alcuno il bronzo in cave forme spande,
che liquefatto ha la fornace accesa- Then Italy, France, and every other faction in the world learned the cruel art: some spread in hollow forms the bronze, melted by the lit furnace
1567, “Del provedere, eleggere, et conservare le medicine semplici, e prima dell'acque [Of providing, selecting, and storing simple medicines, and firstly of the water]”, in Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 5:L'acque che piovono con tempesta, e quelle, che sono di nevi, e ghiacci liquefatti sono pessime, et al tutto da fuggire.- Any water coming down in a storm, and that coming from melted snow and ice, is awful, and to be avoided altogether.
1605 [1304–1309], “Libro quarto, Cap. ⅬⅩⅡ. In che modo il vino si muti in altro sapore [Fourth book, Chapter 62 - How the wine changes its taste]”, in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation of Ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, page 191:poichè un carro d'uve, posto nel tino sarà, mele liquefatto al fuoco, in buona quantità vi si metta- After putting a wagonful of grapes in the vat, add a good amount of honey liquefied by a fire
1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects], Florence: Stamperia all'Insegna della Stella, page 27:i pesci di fiume, eccettuate le lische, s’erano tutti convertiti in un’acqua grossa e torbida che a poco a poco [...] divenne chiara e limpida con qualche stilla di grasso liquefatto notante nella superficie- The river fish, except for the fishbones, had all turned into a thick, muddy water that slowly became clear, with a few drops of liquefied fat floating on the surface
Further reading
- liquefatto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication