scoitura

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin sculptūra (act of carving; sculpture), derived from sculpō (I carve) +‎ -tūra (-ing, -ure, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skojˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: scoi‧tù‧ra

Noun

scoitura f (plural scoiture)

  1. (regional) Obsolete form of scultura.
    1. incision, engraving
      • 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, quanno faceva bisuogno de fare alcuna cosa memorabile, scrivere non se poteva. Donne le memorie se facevano con scoiture in sassi e pataffii
        Before his time, there were no letters. Therefore, when there was need to record something, one could not write. Thus, accounts were made through incisions on rocks and gravestones
        (literally, “Before the time of this one , no letter was. Therefore, when it made need to make something memorable, one could not write. Therefore, memories were made with incisions in rocks and gravestones”)

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