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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “sea calf”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvek.kjo maˈri.no/
- Hyphenation: véc‧chio‧ma‧rì‧no
Noun
vecchio marino m (plural vecchi marini)
- (obsolete) Synonym of foca (“seal”)
1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 6”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 36; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:Veloci vi correvano i delfini,
vi venía a bocca aperta il grosso tonno;
i capidogli coi vécchi marini
vengon turbati dal lor pigro sonno- There, the dolphins were swimming swiftly; the large tuna was coming there with its mouth open; the sperm whales, with the seals, are roused from their lazy sleep
1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 3:altri ſono detti da Greci amphibij, […] come il caſtoro, la lontra, il vecchio marino, e il cocodrillo.- [altri sono detti da' greci anfibî, […] come il castoro, la lontra, il vecchio marino, e il cocodrillo.]
- Others are called amphibians by the Greeks, like the beaver, the otter, the seal and the crocodile.
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