stremo

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See also: stremò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɛ.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmo
  • Hyphenation: strè‧mo

Etymology 1

Apheresis of estremo.

Adjective

stremo (feminine strema, masculine plural stremi, feminine plural streme)

  1. (archaic) extreme, final
    Synonym: estremo
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIX”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 28–30; 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:
      Qual suole il fiammeggiar de le cose unte
      muoversi pur su per la strema buccia,
      tal era lì dai calcagni a le punte.
      Even as the flame of unctuous things is wont to move upon the outer surface only, so likewise was it there from heel to point.
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quinta – Novella nona”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Egli, con tutto che la sua povertá fosse strema, non s’era ancor tanto avveduto quanto bisogno gli facea che egli avesse fuor d’ordine spese le sue ricchezze
      Despite his extreme poverty, he had not yet realized as much as he needed how much he had spent his money beyond his possibilities
  2. (archaic) extended meanings:
    1. small, little
      Synonyms: ridotto, ristretto
      Antonyms: grande, vasto
    2. short
      Synonym: breve
      Antonym: lungo
    3. thin
      Synonym: sottile
      Antonym: spesso
    4. poor
      Synonym: povero
      Antonym: ricco
Derived terms

Noun

stremo m (plural stremi)

  1. extremity, extreme
    Synonyms: estremità, termine
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 124–129; 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:
      Pace volli con Dio in su lo stremo
      de la mia vita; e ancor non sarebbe
      lo mio dover per penitenza scemo
      Peace I desired with God at the extreme of my existence, and as yet would not my debt have been by penitence discharged
  2. last legs, extreme limit
    essere ridotto allo stremo (delle forze)
    to be on one's last legs
    (literally, “to be reduced to the extreme (of one's strength)”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stremo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stremare

Further reading

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

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