veglio

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See also: vegliò

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan vielh. Doublet of vecchio.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

veglio (feminine veglia, masculine plural vegli, feminine plural veglie)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) old (chiefly of people)
    Synonym: vecchio
    Antonym: giovane
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 379, lines 1–4:
      Diceami spesso il mio fidato speglio,
      L’animo stanco e la cangiata scorza
      E la scemata mia destrezza e forza:
      Non ti nasconder più; tu se’ pur veglio.
      Often my faithful mirror shows me my weary spirit, and my altered skin, and my weakened skill and strength, saying: ‘Don’t fool yourself any more: you are old.’
    • 16th c., Ludovico Ariosto, Cinque Canti, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 234:
      E per gli molti esempi che gia letto
      De capitani havea del tempo veglio
      Com’huom, ch’amava sopra ogni diletto
      D’udir historie, e farne al viver speglio
      And for the many examples he already read about, of the captains of the old times, as a man who, above all pleasures, loved to hear stories about them, and mirror them in life.

Noun

veglio m (plural vegli, feminine veglia)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) old man
    Synonym: vecchio
    Antonym: giovane
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 31–33; 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:
      vidi presso di me un veglio solo,
      degno di tanta reverenza in vista,
      che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.
      I saw near me an old man alone, worthy of so much reverence in his look, that more owes not to father any son.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin vellus. Doublet of vello.

Pronunciation

Noun

veglio m (plural vegli)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of vello
    • 14th century, Giovanni dalle Celle, Lettere, published 1845, page 116:
      Ancora nel Vecchio Testamento è figurato questo nel veglio di Gedeone, il quale fu prima pieno di rugiada di grazia, e tutto l’altro mondo era secco, e maladetto
      This is seen again, in the Old Testament, with Gideon's fleece, which was first covered in dew by grace, while the rest of the world was dry and cursed

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

veglio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vegliare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

vegliō m (genitive vegliōnis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of veglō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vegliō vegliōnēs
genitive vegliōnis vegliōnum
dative vegliōnī vegliōnibus
accusative vegliōnem vegliōnēs
ablative vegliōne vegliōnibus
vocative vegliō vegliōnēs

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