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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōsāpia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈza.pja/
- Rhymes: -apja
- Hyphenation: pro‧sà‧pia
Noun
prosapia f (plural prosapie) (literary)
- lineage, ancestry
- Synonyms: casa, casata, casato, ceppo, dinastia, discendenza, genealogia, genia, gente, (literary) lignaggio, progenie, sangue, (literary) schiatta, stirpe
Further reading
- prosapia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + an unknown element.
Pronunciation
Noun
prōsāpia f (genitive prōsāpiae); first declension
- (archaic) stock, race, family, lineage
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “prosapia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosapia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosapia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- prosapia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōsāpia.
Noun
prosapia f (plural prosapias)
- lineage; ancestry; stock
- Synonyms: linaje, estirpe, alcurnia, abolengo
Further reading