nascimento

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Italian

Etymology

nascere (to be born) +‎ -mento (-ment, -tion, action noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʃ.ʃiˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: na‧sci‧mén‧to

Noun

nascimento m (plural nascimenti) (obsolete)

  1. birth
    • c. 1294, Dante Alighieri, chapter II (chapter 2), in La vita nuova [The new life]‎, Venice: Antonelli editrice, published 1865, page 3:
      Nove fiate già, appresso al mio nascimento, era tornato lo cielo della luce quasi ad un medesimo punto, quanto alla propria girazione, quando alli miei occhi apparve prima la gloriosa Donna della mia mente, la quale fu chiamata da molti Beatrice
      The heaven of light, in its rotation, had already returned to the same point almost nine times, since my birth, when the glorious Woman of my mind — who has been called Beatrice by many — first appeared before my eyes
    • 13481363, Matteo Villani, “Dice de' leoni nati in Firenze [The lions born in Florence]” (chapter 90), Libro terzo [Third book], in Cronica [Chronicle]‎, volume 2, Florence: Magheri, published 1825, page 119:
      [] dicono che i leoni nascono dal ventre della madre morti, e che poi sono vivificati dal muggio della madre e del leone fatto sopra loro: noi avemo da coloro che più volte gli vidono nascere, che il loro nascimento è come degli altri catelli che nascono vivi
      they say lions are born from their mother's womb as dead, and they are later brought to life by the mother and the lion bellowing upon them. Those who have seen them being born many times tell us that their birth is the same as of other cubs who are born alive
    • mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro decimo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1120–1122; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio, Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:
      Occise dopo questi il frigio Evante:
      Poscia Mimante ch’era pari a Pari
      Di nascimento []
      After these, he killed Phrygian Euanthe; then Mimas, equal in birth to Paris
  2. (transferred sense) origin
    • 14331437, Leon Battista Alberti, “Libro primo [First book]”, in I libri della famiglia; republished in Leon Battista Alberti - Opere volgari, Bari: Gius. Laterza & figli, 1960, page 28:
      Ma non credo però ivi sia maggiore, né più officiosa e ardente affezione d’animo che quella la quale da essa vera natura nelle menti de’ padri tiene sua radice e nascimento
      But I believe there is no greater, or more imposing and burning affection of the soul, than the one which — by its very own nature — has its own roots and origin in the minds of the fathers
  3. (transferred sense) rising (of a celestial body)
    • mid 1600s1617, Bernardino Baldi, “Callippo di Cizico [Callippus of Cyzicus]”, in Cronica de' matematici, overo epitome dell'istoria delle vite loro [Chronicle of mathematicians, that is, a summary of the story of their lives]‎, Urbino: Angelo Antonio Monticelli, published 1707, page 18:
      Oſſervò eſquiſitamente la grandezza dell’anno, e ſcriſſe alcuna coſa intorno l’oſſervatione de naſcimenti, & occaſi delle ſtelle.
      [Osservò esquisitamente la grandezza dell'anno, e scrisse alcuna cosa intorno l'osservazione de' nascimenti e occasi delle stelle.]
      He exquisitely calculated the length of the year, and wrote about the observation of the risings and settings of the stars.

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nascer +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /nɐʃ.siˈmẽ.tu/, /nɐ.ʃiˈmẽ.tu/

Noun

nascimento m (plural nascimentos)

  1. birth