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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsklat.ta/
- Rhymes: -atta
- Hyphenation: sclàt‧ta
Noun
sclatta f (plural sclatte)
- Obsolete form of schiatta (“lineage, ancestry; offspring, progeny”).
late 13th century, Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore [Love always dwells in the noble heart], lines 31–33; republished in Gianfranco Contini, editor, Poeti italiani del Duecento, volume 2, Milan, Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1960:Fere lo sol lo fango tutto ’l giorno:
vile reman, né ’l sol perde calore;
dis’omo alter: «Gentil per sclatta torno»- The Sun touches the mud all day long: it remains lowly, and the Sun does not lose heat; the haughty man says: "I remain noble for lineage."