spoltrirsi

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Italian

Etymology

From spoltrire (to rid of sloth) +‎ -si (oneself, enclitic reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spolˈtrir.si/
  • Rhymes: -irsi
  • Hyphenation: spol‧trìr‧si

Verb

spoltrìrsi (first-person singular present mi spoltrìsco, first-person singular past historic mi spoltrìi, past participle spoltrìto) (literary)

  1. reflexive of spoltrire
  2. to shake off sloth/laziness/inertia, to be roused to action
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIV, lines 46–48:
      «Omai convien che tu così ti spoltre», ¶ disse 'l maestro; «ché, seggendo in piuma, ¶ in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre; [] »
      "Now it behoves thee thus to put off sloth," ¶ My Master said; "for sitting upon down, ¶ Or under quilt, one cometh not to fame"

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Further reading

  • spoltrirsi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication