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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “funereal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtaf.fjo/
- Rhymes: -affjo
- Hyphenation: pa‧tàf‧fio
Noun
pataffio m (plural pataffi)
- (obsolete, now chiefly humorous) Synonym of epitaffio (“epitaph”)
1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo [Preface and first chapter]”, in Cronica [Chronicle] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:’Nanti lo tiempo de questo non era lettera. […] Donne le memorie se facevano con scoiture in sassi e pataffii- Before his time there were no letters. thus memoirs were made through incisions on rocks, and epitaphs