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Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Occitan vielh. Doublet of vecchio.
Pronunciation
Adjective
veglio (feminine veglia, masculine plural vegli, feminine plural veglie)
- (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)
- (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)
- (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
- 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
- Alternative form of veglō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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