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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin vōscum, from Latin vōbiscum.
Pronunciation
Preposition
vosco (poetic, archaic)
- with you (plural)
early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 139–141; 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:Per altro sopranome io nol conosco,
s’io nol togliessi da sua figlia Gaia.
Dio sia con voi, ché più non vegno vosco.- I know him by no other nickname, if I didn't take it from his daughter Gaia. God be with you, for I will no longer come with you.
1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro II”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, Turin, section 16; collected in Poemetti italiani, volume 1, publ. Michel Angelo Morano, 1797, page 88:tosto prendete ognun l'arco e lo strale,
di Marte el dolce ardor sen venga vosco.- Each of you take a bow and arrow, quickly;
may the sweet fervor of Mars be with you.
See also
Further reading
- vosco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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