senettute

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senectūtem (“old age”), derived from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.netˈtu.te/
  • Rhymes: -ute
  • Hyphenation: se‧net‧tù‧te

Noun

senettute f (plural senettuti)

  1. (literary, obsolete) old age, senectitude
    Synonyms: anzianità, canizie, senescenza, senilità, vecchiezza
    Antonyms: gioventù, giovinezza
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo XXIII [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 23]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎, Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 13:
      La prima è Adolescenza, che s’appropria al caldo e a l’umido; la seconda si è Gioventute, che s’appropria al caldo e al secco; la terza si è Senettute, che s’appropria al freddo e al secco; la quarta si è Senio, che s’appropria al freddo e a l’umido
      The first is Adolescence, akin to hot and damp ; the second is Youth, akin to hot and dry; the third is Senectitude, akin to cold and dry; the fourth one is Oldness, akin to cold and damp
    • 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto ventesimosettimo [Twenty-seventh Canto]”, in Morgante‎, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, section 129, page 371:
      Abbi pietà della mia senettute
      Have pity for my old age
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