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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈlek.kjo/
- Rhymes: -ekkjo
- Hyphenation: so‧léc‧chio
Noun
solecchio m (plural solecchi)
- (literary) the gesture of shielding one's own eyes from sunlight by putting an open hand at the level of the eyebrows
1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 10–11, 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:[…] io senti’ a me gravar la fronte
a lo splendore assai più che di prima,
[…]
ond’io levai le mani inver’ la cima
de le mie ciglia, e fecimi ’l solecchio.- I felt my forehead overwhelmed by the splendour, far more than before, whereupon I raised my hands towards the summit of my brow, and made myself the visor
Usage notes
- Only used in expressions such as fare il solecchio or farsi il solecchio.
Further reading
- solecchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana