olire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin olēre (with a later change in a conjugation), from an earlier form olō, from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). Doublet of aulire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: o‧lì‧re

Verb

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

olìre (first-person singular present olìsco, first-person singular past historic olìi, no past participle) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. to smell sweetly
    Synonyms: (literary) olezzare, profumare
  2. (figurative) to be redolent (of)
    Era il nostro parlare negli antichi tempi rozzo e grosso e materiale, e molto piú oliva di contado che di città.
    Our speech was rough, coarse and uncouth in the old times, and was far more redolent of the countryside than of the city.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of olìre (-ire; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive olìre
auxiliary verb — gerund olèndo
present participle olènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present olìsco olìsci olìsce oliàmo olìte olìscono
imperfect olìvo olìvi olìva olivàmo olivàte olìvano
past historic olìi olìsti olì olìmmo olìste olìrono
future olirò olirài olirà olirémo oliréte olirànno
conditional olirèi olirésti olirèbbe, olirébbe olirémmo oliréste olirèbbero, olirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present olìsca olìsca olìsca oliàmo oliàte olìscano
imperfect olìssi olìssi olìsse olìssimo olìste olìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
olìsci olìsca oliàmo olìte olìscano
negative imperative non olìre non olìsca non oliàmo non olìte non olìscano

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