pregio

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See also: pregiò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒo
  • Hyphenation: prè‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin pretium, possibly influenced by Gallo-Italic. From the same Latin source the Italian doublet prezzo.

Noun

pregio m (plural pregi)

  1. (archaic) price
    Synonym: prezzo
    • 13491353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava – Novella decima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      e quivi, dando [] per iscritto tutta la mercatantia ed il pregio di quella, è dato [] al mercatante un magazzino nel quale esso la sua mercatantia ripone, e serralo con la chiave
      There, he gives a list of all his merchandise, and its price, and the merchant is given a storage room, where he stores all his merchandise, locking it with the key
  2. regard, esteem
    Synonyms: considerazione, stima
    avere in pregio, tenere in pregioto value; to appreciate
    • 1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro I”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, collected in Poesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1988, section 24:
      Or, ch’un superbo in sì vil pregio m’abbia
      che di non esser dio vegna a gran rischio?
      Or veggiàn se ’l meschin ch’Amor riprende,
      da due begli occhi se stesso or difende
      Now, does the fact that one proud man holds me in such low esteem jeopardize my becoming a god? Let us see whether the wretch who reproaches Love can now defend himself from two fair eyes
    • 2007, Ermanno Cavazzoni, Storia naturale dei giganti [Natural History of Giants], Guanda:
      In Africa, attorno al 1920, le popolazioni dell'attuale Gabon tenevano in pregio le scatolette vuote di carne in scatola, ci facevano dei pentolini, dei manicotti, dei chitarrini, e ci arredavano la casa
      Around 1920, in Africa, the peoples of modern-day Gabon valued empty cans of canned meat, making small pots, sleeves, and small guitars out of them, and using them to furnish their houses
  3. (literary) praise, merit, virtue, glory
    Synonyms: lode, merito, vanto
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 127–129; 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:
      [] io vi giuro, s'io di sopra vada,
      che vostra gente onrata non si sfregia
      del pregio de la borsa e de la spada.
      As I hope for heaven, I swear to you your honoured/honored family in naught abates the glory of the purse and of the sword.
  4. worth, value
    Synonym: valore
  5. (archaic) reputation, name
    Synonyms: nomea, reputazione
Usage notes
  • The sense “regard, esteem” could originally be used in both the negative and positive sense, but modern usage only contemplates the latter one.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pregio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pregiare

Further reading

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

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