scorgere

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Italian

FWOTD – 17 October 2022

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excorrigō, from Latin ex- + corrigō (“to set right, straighten”), cognate with Old Spanish escurrir (“to accompany someone to say goodbye”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔr.d͡ʒe.re/, /ˈskor.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdʒere, -ordʒere
  • Hyphenation: scòr‧ge‧re, scór‧ge‧re

Verb

scòrgere or scórgere (first-person singular present scòrgo or scórgo, first-person singular past historic scòrsi or scórsi, past participle scòrto or scórto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. meanings related to perception:
    1. to see (usually vaguely); to catch glimpses of, make out
      Riuscì a scorgere la sagoma di un uomo che usciva furtivamente dalla porta sul retro.
      He could make out the silhouette of a man surreptitiously going out the rear door.
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXIII, lines 55–58:
        Come un poco di raggio si fu messo ¶ nel doloroso carcere, e io scorsi ¶ per quattro visi il mio aspetto stesso, ¶ ambo le man per lo dolor mi morsi
        As now a little glimmer made its way into the dolorous prison, and I saw upon four faces my own very aspect, both of my hands in agony I bit
    2. (figurative) to perceive with the mind; to notice
    3. (by extension, obsolete) to hear
  2. (obsolete, literary) to guide, to escort
    Synonyms: accompagnare, guidare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scòrgere or scórgere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scòrgere, scórgere
auxiliary verb avére gerund scorgèndo
present participle scorgènte past participle scòrto, scórto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scòrgo, scórgo scòrgi, scórgi scòrge, scórge scorgiàmo scorgéte scòrgono, scórgono
imperfect scorgévo scorgévi scorgéva scorgevàmo scorgevàte scorgévano
past historic scòrsi, scórsi scorgésti scòrse, scórse scorgémmo scorgéste scòrsero, scórsero
future scorgerò scorgerài scorgerà scorgerémo scorgeréte scorgerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scorgerèi scorgerésti scorgerèbbe, scorgerébbe scorgerémmo scorgeréste scorgerèbbero, scorgerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scòrga, scórga scòrga, scórga scòrga, scórga scorgiàmo scorgiàte scòrgano, scórgano
imperfect scorgéssi scorgéssi scorgésse scorgéssimo scorgéste scorgéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scòrgi, scórgi scòrga, scórga scorgiàmo scorgéte scòrgano, scórgano
negative imperative non scòrgere, non scórgere non scòrga, non scórga non scorgiàmo non scorgéte non scòrgano, non scórgano

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ scorgere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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