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61 differenza
f differencedifferenza di prezzo difference in pricea differenza di unlike* * *differenza s.f.1 ( diversità) difference: differenza di latitudine, di temperatura, difference in latitude, in temperature; differenza di qualità, difference in quality; con la differenza che..., with the difference that...; c'è una bella differenza!, there's a big difference!; non c'è differenza, there is no difference // non fare differenze, to treat everyone (o everything) in the same way // non fa differenza, it makes no difference: per me partire oggi o domani non fa differenza, it makes no difference to me whether we leave today or tomorrow // a differenza di, unlike: a differenza di suo padre, acconsentì subito, unlike his father, he agreed at once // (econ.) differenze di prezzo, price differentials; differenza tra due prezzi di mercato ( alla borsa merci), basis // (fin.): differenza dei tassi d'interesse, gap between the interest rates; differenza di cambio, difference in the rate of exchange2 (mat.) difference: la differenza fra sette e tre è quattro, the difference between seven and three is four; equazione alle differenze, difference equation // (amm.): differenza a saldo, balance; differenza in più, excess; differenza in meno, deficiency; differenza a credito, credit balance; differenza di cassa, cash difference // pagare la differenza, ( di biglietto ferroviario) to pay the difference.* * *[diffe'rɛntsa]sostantivo femminiledifferenza d'età — age difference o gap
2) (distinzione) difference, distinction4) (rimanente) difference, remainder (anche mat.)* * *differenza/diffe'rεntsa/sostantivo f.1 (scarto) difference, gap ( tra, fra between; di in, of); differenza d'età age difference o gap; differenza di statura difference in height2 (distinzione) difference, distinction; fare la differenza to make a difference; non fare nessuna differenza to make no difference ( per to); c'è una bella differenza! there's quite a difference! a differenza di unlike3 (discriminazione) fare -e fra i propri figli to treat one's children differently4 (rimanente) difference, remainder (anche mat.). -
62 litigare
quarrel, argue* * *litigare v. intr.1 (far lite) to quarrel, to argue, to have a row; (rissare) to fight*, to brawl: litigare per questioni di interesse, to quarrel over money matters2 (dir.) (non com.) to go* to law, to litigate◆ v.tr. (non com.) (contendere) to quarrel about (sthg.), to quarrel over (sthg.), to dispute: litigare qlco. a qlcu., to dispute about (o over) sthg. with s.o.: i soci si litigavano il guadagno, the partners quarrelled about (o over) their earnings.* * *[liti'gare]1) to quarrel, to argue, to fight*, to have* an argument; (per questioni futili) to squabble, to bicker2) (rompere un legame affettivo) to fall* out* * *litigare/liti'gare/ [1](aus. avere)1 to quarrel, to argue, to fight*, to have* an argument; (per questioni futili) to squabble, to bicker2 (rompere un legame affettivo) to fall* out. -
63 compraehendo
com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).I.Prop.A.In gen.:B.quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—In partic.1.To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:* b.aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—2.To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:b.fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,Transf. to the crime:3.nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—Of plants, to take root; of a graft:4.cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:5.si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:6.ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:7.aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—Of the range of a missile:8.quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—Of the reach of a surgical instrument:II.si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —Trop.A.To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):B.aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:C.omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:2.breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:D.neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;E.mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—To shut in, include (late Lat.):spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1. -
64 compraendo
com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).I.Prop.A.In gen.:B.quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—In partic.1.To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:* b.aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—2.To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:b.fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,Transf. to the crime:3.nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—Of plants, to take root; of a graft:4.cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:5.si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:6.ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:7.aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—Of the range of a missile:8.quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—Of the reach of a surgical instrument:II.si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —Trop.A.To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):B.aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:C.omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:2.breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:D.neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;E.mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—To shut in, include (late Lat.):spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1. -
65 comprehendo
com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).I.Prop.A.In gen.:B.quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—In partic.1.To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:* b.aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—2.To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:b.fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,Transf. to the crime:3.nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—Of plants, to take root; of a graft:4.cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:5.si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:6.ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:7.aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—Of the range of a missile:8.quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—Of the reach of a surgical instrument:II.si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —Trop.A.To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):B.aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:C.omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:2.breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:D.neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;E.mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—To shut in, include (late Lat.):spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1. -
66 conprehendo
com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).I.Prop.A.In gen.:B.quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—In partic.1.To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:* b.aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—2.To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:b.fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,Transf. to the crime:3.nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—Of plants, to take root; of a graft:4.cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:5.si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:6.ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:7.aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—Of the range of a missile:8.quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—Of the reach of a surgical instrument:II.si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —Trop.A.To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):B.aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:C.omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:2.breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:D.neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;E.mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—To shut in, include (late Lat.):spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1. -
67 plus
c black plus [ply]━━━━━━━━━4. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque plus fait partie d'une locution comme d'autant plus, non... plus, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <► ne... plus not any more• je ne reviendrai plus/plus jamais I won't/I'll never come back again• elle n'est plus très jeune she's not as young as she used to be► plus de + nom2. <a. (avec verbe) more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son comparatif est formé avec ier.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur comparatif avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Attention aux comparatifs irréguliers.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (locutions)• il y aura plus de 100 personnes there will be more than or over 100 people• il roulait à plus de 100 km/h he was driving at more than or over 100km per hour► à plus ! (inf) see you later!► plus que + adjectif ou adverbe• j'en ai plus qu'assez ! I've had more than enough of this!► de plus ( = en outre) (en tête de phrase) moreover• c'est dangereux, de plus c'est illégal it's dangerous, and what's more, it's illegal• vous n'avez pas une chaise en plus ? you wouldn't have a spare chair?• en plus de cela on top of that► en plus + adjectif• il ressemble à sa mère, mais en plus blond he's like his mother only fairer• je cherche le même genre de maison en plus grand I'm looking for the same kind of house only bigger► ... et plus• il est compétent, mais ni plus ni moins que sa sœur he's competent, but neither more nor less so than his sister► plus... moins the more... the less• plus on le connaît, moins on l'apprécie the more you get to know him, the less you like him► plus... plus the more... the more• plus il en a, plus il en veut the more he has, the more he wants► plus ou moins ( = à peu près, presque) more or less• ils utilisent cette méthode avec plus ou moins de succès they use this method with varying degrees of success► qui plus est moreover3. <a. ► le plus + verbe mostb. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe court━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison iest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur superlatif avec most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe long━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec the most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. ► le plus de + nom the moste. (locutions)► le plus... possible• ça vaut 100 € au plus it's worth 100 euros at the most• il a trente ans, tout au plus he's thirty at most• rappelle-moi au plus vite call me back as soon as possible► des plus + adjectif4. <• tous les voisins, plus leurs enfants all the neighbours, plus their children5. <c black b. ( = avantage) plus• ici, parler breton est un plus indéniable being able to speak Breton is definitely a plus here━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The s of plus is never pronounced when used in negatives, eg il ne la voit plus. When used in comparatives the s is generally pronounced s, eg il devrait lire plus, although there are exceptions, notably plus preceding an adjective or adverb, eg plus grand, plus vite. Before a vowel sound, the comparative plus is pronounced z, eg plus âgé.* * *
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1. ply, plys, plyz8 plus 3 égale 11 — 8 and ou plus 3 equals 11
plus 10° — plus 10°
2.
adverbe de comparaison1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif)je ne peux pas faire plus — I can do no more, I can't do any more
plus j'y pense, moins je comprends — the more I think about it, the less I understand
qui plus est — furthermore, what's more
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mostc'est le même modèle en plus petit — it's the same model, only smaller
3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mosttrois heures plus tôt/tard — three hours earlier/later
plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué — the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be
3.
adverbe de négationelle ne fume plus — she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes
plus besoin de se presser — (colloq) there's no need to hurry any more
il n'y a plus d'œufs — there are no more eggs, there aren't any eggs left
j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture! — I went into the garage, the car was gone!
plus que trois jours avant Noël! — only three days left ou to go until Christmas!
4.
plus de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries — the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have
il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place — quite a few people would like to be in his/her position
je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi — I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did
3) ( avec un numéral)il était déjà bien plus de onze heures — it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock
5.
au plus locution adverbiale at the most
6.
de plus locution adverbiale1) ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more2) ( en supplément)une fois de plus — once more, once again
9% de plus — 9% more
7.
en plus locutionle même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus — the same model, only with a sunroof
les taxes en plus — plus tax, tax not included
II plysnom masculin invariable1) Mathématique plus2) (colloq) ( avantage) plus (colloq)
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plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally usedplus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi]1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘-er’ à la fin de l'adjectif/adverbe: plus grand/petit/simple = taller/smaller/simpler; plus longtemps/vite = longer/faster- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big/bigger, sad/sadder, dim/dimmer, wet/wetter etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient sunnier, pretty/prettier, happy/happier etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute more devant le mot: plus beau/compétent/intéressant = more beautiful/competent/interesting; plus facilement/sérieusement = more easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple peut produire simpler ou more simple, handsome/handsomer ou more handsome etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec more: callous/more callous, cunning/more cunning- les adverbes se terminant par ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec more: quickly/more quickly, slowly/more slowly etc1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘(e)st’ à la fin du mot: le plus grand/petit/simple = the tallest/smallest/simplest; le plus longtemps/vite = the longest/fastest- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big- the biggest, sad- the saddest, dim- the dimmest etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient the sunniest, pretty/the prettiest, happy/the happiest etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute the most devant le mot: le plus beau/compétent/intéressant = the most beautiful/competent/interesting; le plus facilement/sérieusement = the most easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple/the simplest ou the most simple, clever/the cleverest ou the most clever etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec the most: callous/the most callous, cunning/the most cunning etc- les adverbes en ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec the most: quickly/the most quickly, slowly/the most slowly etcAttention: lorsque la comparaison ne porte que sur deux éléments on utilise la forme du comparatif: le plus doué des deux = the more gifted of the two; la voiture la plus rapide des deux = the faster carL'expression le plus possible est traitée avec possibleOn trouvera ci-contre exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de plus. On trouvera également des exemples de plus dans les notes d'usage. Voir l'index* * *ply, plys1. adv1) (négation)ne... plus — no longer, not... any more
Il ne travaille plus ici. — He's no longer working here., He doesn't work here any more.
Je ne veux plus le voir. — I don't want to see him any more., I no longer want to see him.
ne plus avoir de qch; Je n'ai plus d'argent. — I've got no more money., I've got no money left
Je n'ai plus de pain. — I've got no bread left., I've got no more bread.
2) (comparatif: devant un adjectif) moreIl fait un peu plus froid qu'hier. — It's a bit colder than yesterday.
Elle est plus grande que moi. — She's bigger than me.
Il est plus intelligent que son frère. — He's more intelligent than his brother.
3) (comparaison: non suivi d'un adjectif)Il travaille plus. — He works more.
Il travaille plus que moi. — He works more than me.
4)plus de; Il nous faut plus de pain. — We need more bread.
plus de 3 heures — more than 3 hours, over 3 hours
Il y avait plus de dix personnes. — There were more than 10 people.
plus de minuit — after midnight, past midnight
5)de plus; Il a 3 ans de plus que moi. — He's 3 years older than me.
Le voyage a pris trois heures de plus que prévu. — The journey took 3 hours longer than planned.
Il nous faut un joueur de plus. — We need one more player.
6)en plus; 3 kilos en plus — 3 kilos more
J'ai apporté quelques gâteaux en plus. — I brought a few more cakes.
en plus de; Deux personnes sont arrivées en plus de celles qui étaient déjà là. — Two more people came, in addition to those already there.
7)plus... plus... — the more... the more...
Plus il gagne d'argent, plus il en veut. — The more money he earns, the more he wants.
8)Il y a de plus en plus de touristes par ici. — There are more and more tourists round here.
de plus en plus (suivi d'un adjectif) Il fait de plus en plus chaud. — It's getting hotter and hotter.
9)ni plus ni moins — no more, no less
10) (superlatif)le plus; la plus; les plus — the most
C'est le plus grand de la famille. — He's the tallest in his family., (sans adjectif, modifiant un verbe)
C'est ce qu'elle aime le plus. — That's what she likes most.
de plus — what's more, moreover
en plus de cela... — what is more...
2. conjQuatre plus deux égalent six. — 4 plus 2 is 6.
3. nm(= avantage) plus* * *I.plus ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( dans une addition) 8 plus 3 égale 11 8 and 3 equals 11, 8 plus 3 equals 11; on nous a servi du fromage, un dessert plus du café we were served cheese, a dessert and coffee (as well);2 ( pour exprimer une valeur) un jour il faisait moins 5°, le lendemain plus 10° one day it was minus 5°, the next plus 10°.B adv de comparaison1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) le plus the most; il mange/travaille plus (que moi) he eats/works more (than I do ou than me); tu devrais demander plus you should ask for more; je ne peux pas faire plus I can do no more, I can't do any more, I can't do more than that; elle en sait plus que lui sur le sujet she knows more about the subject than he does; c'est plus que je ne peux supporter it's more than I can bear; elle l'aime plus que tout she loves him/her more than anything; il est plus à plaindre qu'autre chose he's more to be pitied than anything else; c'est plus que bien it's more than just good; elle est plus que jolie she's more than just pretty; il a fait plus que l'embaucher, il l'a aussi formé he did more than just hire him, he also trained him; j'en ai plus qu'assez I've had more than enough; elle mange deux fois/trois fois plus que lui she eats twice/three times as much as he does; plus je gagne, plus je dépense the more I earn, the more I spend; plus j'y pense, moins je comprends the more I think about it, the less I understand; plus ça va as time goes on; qui plus est furthermore, what's more; c'est lui qui m'a le plus appris he's the one who taught me the most; quel pays aimes-tu le plus? which country do you like best?; de plus en plus more and more; il fume de plus en plus he smokes more and more;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; deux fois plus vieux/cher twice as old/expensive (que as); trois/quatre fois plus cher three/four times as expensive (que as); il n'est pas plus riche que moi he's no richer than I am ou than me, he isn't any richer than I am ou than me; c'est le même modèle en plus petit it's the same model, only smaller; il est on ne peut plus gentil/désagréable he's as nice/unpleasant as can be; il est plus ou moins fou he's more or less insane; il est plus ou moins artiste he's an artist of sorts; la cuisine était plus ou moins propre the kitchen wasn't particularly clean, the kitchen was clean after a fashion; il a été plus ou moins poli he wasn't particularly polite; ils étaient plus ou moins ivres they were a bit drunk; le plus heureux des hommes the happiest of men; la plus belle de toutes the most beautiful of all; mon vœu le plus cher my dearest wish; l'arbre le plus gros que j'aie jamais vu the biggest tree I've ever seen; son livre le plus court his shortest book; c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau/important au monde it's the most beautiful/important thing in the world; un livre des plus intéressants a most interesting book; un individu des plus méprisables a most despicable individual; de plus en plus difficile more and more difficult; de plus en plus chaud hotter and hotter;3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; trois heures plus tôt/tard three hours earlier/later; deux fois plus longtemps twice as long (que as); trois/quatre fois plus longtemps three/four times as long (que as); ils ne sont pas restés plus longtemps que nous they didn't stay any longer than we did ou than us; il l'a fait plus ou moins bien he didn't do it very well; de plus en plus loin further and further; plus tu te coucheras tard, plus tu auras de mal à te lever the later you go to bed, the harder it'll be for you to get up; plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be; c'est moi qui y vais le plus souvent I go there the most often; ça s'est passé le plus simplement/naturellement du monde it happened quite simply/naturally.C adv de négation elle ne fume plus she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes, she's given up smoking; il n'habite plus ici he no longer lives here, he doesn't live here any more ou any longer; le grand homme n'est plus the great man is no more; elle ne veut plus le voir she doesn't want to see him any more ou any longer, she no longer wants to see him; il a décidé de ne plus y aller he decided to stop going there; je ne veux plus en entendre parler I don't want to hear any more about it; il n'y est plus (jamais) retourné he never went back there (again); plus jamais ça! never again!; nous ne faisons plus ce modèle we no longer do this model, we don't do this model any more ou any longer; il n'a plus vingt ans ( il n'est plus très jeune) he's not twenty any more, he's no longer twenty; nous n'avons plus d'espoir we've no more hope, we no longer have any hope, we've given up hoping; plus besoin de se presser○ there's no longer any need to hurry, there's no more need to hurry, there's no need to hurry any more; il n'y a plus de pain/d'œufs there is no more bread/there are no more eggs, there isn't any bread left/there aren't any eggs left; je ne veux plus de vin I don't want any more wine; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; plus rien ne m'intéresse nothing interests me any more; je ne voyais plus rien I could no longer see anything, I couldn't see a thing any more; il n'y a plus personne dans la pièce there's nobody left in the room, there's no longer anybody in the room; il n'y a plus aucun crayon there aren't any pencils left, there are no more pencils; il n'y a plus aucun problème there's no longer any problem; ce n'est plus du courage, c'est de la folie it's no longer bravery, it's foolhardiness; j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture○! I went into the garage, the car was gone○!; ce n'est plus qu'une question de jours it's only a matter of days now; il n'y a plus qu'une solution there's only one solution left; il ne restait plus que quelques bouteilles there were only a few bottles left, there was nothing left but a few bottles; il n'y a plus que lui qui puisse nous aider only he can help us now; plus que trois jours avant les vacances! only three days left ou to go until the vacation!; nous n'avons plus qu'à rentrer à la maison all we can do now is go home; il ne me reste plus qu'à vous remercier it only remains for me to thank you.D plus de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) trois/deux fois plus de livres/verres que three times/twice as many books/glasses as; c'est là que j'ai vu le plus de serpents that's where I saw the most snakes; c'est lui qui a le plus de livres he's got the most books; le joueur qui a le plus de chances de gagner the player who is most likely to win; les jeunes qui posent le plus de problèmes the young people who pose the most problems; c'est le candidat qui a remporté le plus de voix he's the candidate who won the most votes; plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have; il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place quite a few people would like to be in his/her position;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did; il n'a pas plus d'imagination que sa sœur he has no more imagination than his sister, he hasn't got any more imagination than his sister; trois/deux fois plus de vin/talent three times/twice as much wine/talent (que as); le joueur qui a gagné le plus d'argent the player who won the most money;3 ( avec un numéral) elle ne possède pas plus de 50 disques she has no more than 50 records; une foule de plus de 10 000 personnes a crowd of more than ou over 10,000 people; il a plus de 40 ans he's over 40, he's more than 40 years old; les gens de plus de 60 ans people over 60; les plus de 60 ans the over-sixties; il était déjà bien plus de onze heures/midi it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock/midday.F de plus loc adv1 ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more;2 ( en supplément) j'ai mangé deux pommes de plus qu'elle I ate two apples more than she did; donnez-moi deux pommes de plus give me two more apples; ça nous a pris deux heures de plus que la dernière fois it took us two hours longer than last time; j'ai besoin de deux heures de plus I need two more hours; il a trois ans de plus que sa sœur he's three years older than his sister; une fois de plus once more, once again; l'augmentation représente 9% de plus que l'année précédente the rise is 9% more than last year.G en plus loc en plus (de cela) on top of that; il est arrivé en retard et en plus (de cela) il a commencé à se plaindre he arrived late and what' s more ou on top of that he started complaining; c 'est le même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus it's the same model, only with a sunroof; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en plus he's the image of his father, only with a moustache GB ou mustache US; il a reçu 100 euros en plus de son salaire habituel he got 100 euros on top of his usual salary; en plus de son métier d'ingénieur il élève des tatous besides his job as an engineer, he breeds armadillos; les taxes en plus plus tax, tax not included; il s'est passé quelque chose en plus something else happened as well. A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi].II.plus nm1 Math plus; le signe plus the plus sign;2 ○( avantage) plus○; son expérience d'enseignant constitue un plus pour lui his teaching experience is a point in his favourGB ou is a plus○.[ply(s)] adverbeA.[COMPARATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]c'est plus loin it's further ou fartherc'est plus rouge qu'orange it's red rather than ou it's more red than orangec'est plus que gênant it's embarrassing, to say the leastelle a eu le prix mais elle n'en est pas plus fière pour ça she got the award, but it didn't make her any prouder for all thatje veux la même, en plus large I want the same, only biggerencore plus beau more handsome still, even more handsomecinq fois plus cher five times dearer ou as dear ou more expensive2. [avec un verbe] moreje m'intéresse à la question plus que tu ne penses I'm more interested in the question than you thinkB.[SUPERLATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]le plus loin the furthest ou farthestc'est ce qu'il y a de plus original dans sa collection d'été it's the most original feature of his summer collection2. [précédé d'un verbe] mostc'est moi qui travaille le plus I'm the one who works most ou the hardestC.[ADVERBE DE NÉGATION]1. [avec 'ne']2. [tour elliptique]plus de glace pour moi, merci no more ice cream for me, thanks————————[ply(s)] adjectif————————[ply(s)] conjonction3 plus 3 égale 6 3 plus 3 is ou makes 6il fait plus 5º it's 5º above freezing, it's plus 5º2. [en sus de] plusle transport, plus le logement, plus la nourriture, ça revient cher travel, plus ou and accommodation, plus ou then food, (all) work out quite expensiveplus le fait que... plus ou together with the fact that...————————[ply(s)] nom masculinau plus locution adverbiale[au maximum] at the most ou outsideça coûtera au plus 30 euros it'll cost a maximum of 30 euros ou 30 euros at mostde plus locution adverbialemets deux couverts de plus lay two extra ou more placesil est content, que te faut-il de plus? he's happy, what more do you want?un mot/une minute de plus et je m'en allais another word/minute and I would have left10 euros de plus ou de moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?2. [en trop] too manyen recomptant, je trouve trente points de plus on adding it up again, I get thirty points too manyde plus, il m'a menti what's more, he lied to mede plus en plus locution adverbiale[suivi d'un adverbe] more and morede plus en plus dangereux more and more ou increasingly dangerousça devient de plus en plus facile/compliqué it's getting easier and easier/more and more complicated2. [précédé d'un verbe]de plus en plus de locution déterminante[suivi d'un nom comptable] more and more, a growing number of[suivi d'un nom non comptable] more and morede plus en plus de gens more and more people, an increasing number of peopleil y a de plus en plus de demande pour ce produit demand for this product is increasing, there is more and more demand for this productdes plus locution adverbialeson attitude est des plus compréhensibles her attitude is most ou quite understandableen plus locution adverbiale1. [en supplément] extra (avant nom)les boissons sont en plus drinks are extra, you pay extra for the drinks10 euros en plus ou en moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?[en trop] sparea. [à la fin du jeu] I've got one card left overb. [en distribuant] I've got one card too manyet vous emportez une bouteille de champagne en plus! and you get a bottle of Champagne as well ou on top of that ou into the bargain!elle a une excellente technique et en plus, elle a de la force her technique's first-class and she's got strength tooet elle m'avait menti, en plus! not only that but she'd lied to me (as well)!je ne tiens pas à le faire et, en plus, je n'ai pas le temps I'm not too keen on doing it, and besides ou what's more, I've no timeen plus de locution prépositionnelleen plus du squash, elle fait du tennis besides (playing) squash, she plays tenniset plus locution adverbiale45 kilos et plus over 45 kilos, 45 odd kilosni plus ni moins locution adverbialeje te donne une livre, ni plus ni moins I'll give you one pound, no more no lesstu t'es trompé, ni plus ni moins you were mistaken, that's allnon plus locution adverbialeje ne sais pas — moi non plus! I don't know — neither do I ou nor do I ou me neither!on ne peut plus locution adverbialeplus de locution déterminante1. [comparatif, suivi d'un nom] moreelle roulait à plus de 150 km/h she was driving at more than 150 km/h ou doing over 150 km/hil est plus de 5 h it's past 5 o'clock ou after 52. [superlatif, suivi d'un nom]les plus de 20 ans people over 20, the over-20splus... moins locution correlativethe more... the lessplus il vieillit, moins il a envie de sortir the older he gets, the less he feels like going outplus ça va, moins je la comprends I understand her less and less (as time goes on)plus... plus locution correlativethe more... the moreplus je réfléchis, plus je me dis que... the more I think (about it), the more I'm convinced that...plus ça va, plus il est agressif he's getting more and more aggressive (all the time)plus ça va, plus je me demande si... the longer it goes on, the more I wonder if...plus ou moins locution adverbialec'est plus ou moins cher, selon les endroits prices vary according to where you arequi plus est locution adverbialewhat's ou what is moresans plus locution adverbialec'était bien, sans plus it was nice, but nothing moretout au plus locution adverbialec'est une mauvaise grippe, tout au plus it's a bad case of flu, at the most -
68 calare
"to lower;Herabsetzen;abaixar"* * *1. v/t lowerprezzi reduce, lower2. v/i di vento dropdi prezzi fall, come downdi sipario falldi sole set, go downcalare di peso lose weightè calato del 20% it's down 20%* * *calare v.tr.1 ( far scendere) to lower; to let* down: calare un cesto dalla finestra, to let a basket down (o to lower a basket) from the window; calare le reti, to let down (o to lower) the nets; calare un'imbarcazione, to lower a boat // calarsi il cappello sugli occhi, to pull one's hat down over one's eyes // (teatr.) calare il sipario, to drop the curtain (anche fig.) // calare un fendente, to deliver (o to strike) a slashing blow3 ( lavoro a maglia) to drop (stitches)◆ v. intr.1 ( discendere) to descend (on), to go* down: d'estate molti turisti calano sulle spiagge italiane, during the summer a lot of tourists descend on (o invade) the Italian beaches // la notte cala, night is falling // (teatr.) cala il sipario, the curtain drops2 ( tramontare) to set*: in questa stagione il sole cala alle 6, at this time of the year the sun sets at six3 ( diminuire) to fall*; ( di acque) to ebb (away); ( di vento, temperatura) to drop: quando finalmente la febbre calò..., when eventually the temperature fell...; // calare nella stima di qlcu., to fall in s.o.'s estimation5 (econ.) to fall*, to drop, to come* down: le quotazioni di Borsa stanno calando, stock prices are falling; i generi alimentari sono calati di prezzo, foodstuffs have come down in price; l'oro sta calando, the price of gold is dropping // far calare i prezzi, to lower (o to force down) prices◘ calarsi v.rifl.1 to let* oneself down: scappò calandosi dalla finestra, he escaped by letting himself down from the window // calare nel personaggio, to identify with the character2 (sl.) ( drogarsi) to do* drugs, to be on drugs, to shoot* up.* * *[ka'lare]1. vt(gen) to lower, Maglia to decrease, (ancora) to drop, lower, (perpendicolare) to drop, (fam : ecstasy) to dropcala! — (non esagerare) come off it!
3)calare (su) — to descend (on)3. vr (calarsi)1) (discendere) to lower o.s.calarsi da una finestra/in un crepaccio — to lower o.s. from a window/into a crevasse
2)calarsi nella parte Teatro; si è calato bene nella parte — he has really got into the part
si è calato un po' troppo nella parte del giovane dirigente fig — he goes a bit too far in playing the young executive
4. sm* * *I 1. [ka'lare]verbo transitivo1) (abbassare) to lower, to drop [ sipario]; to let* down, to lower [secchio, ponte levatoio]; to pull down [pantaloni, visiera, cappello]2) (ammainare) to lower [vele, bandiera]; (fare scendere) to cast* [ reti]; to drop, to cast* [ ancora]3) (nei giochi di carte) to put* down [ carta]4) (nel lavoro a maglia) to decrease [ maglie]2.1) (scendere) [ sole] to sink*, to set*; [notte, nebbia] to close in, to fall*2) (diminuire) [febbre, livello] to go* down; [ volume] to fall*; [prezzo, temperatura] to come* down, to drop, to sink* (di by); [presenze, domanda, interesse] to drop off, to fall* away; [fatturato, azioni] to fall* (di by); [ popolarità] to decrease, to wane; [ marea] to ebb, to go* out; [ luna] to wane; [ vista] to weaken; [ concentrazione] to wane, to drop away; [ottimismo, entusiasmo] to wane; (di peso)4) (invadere)i barbari calarono in Italia — the barbarians invaded Italy; (abbattersi)
calare sul nemico — to descend o fall on the enemy
5) (decadere)3.calare nella considerazione di qcn. — to go down in sb.'s esteem
verbo pronominale calarsi1) (scendere) to let* oneself downII [ka'lare]sostantivo maschile* * *calare1/ka'lare/ [1]1 (abbassare) to lower, to drop [ sipario]; to let* down, to lower [secchio, ponte levatoio]; to pull down [pantaloni, visiera, cappello]2 (ammainare) to lower [vele, bandiera]; (fare scendere) to cast* [ reti]; to drop, to cast* [ ancora]3 (nei giochi di carte) to put* down [ carta]4 (nel lavoro a maglia) to decrease [ maglie](aus. essere)1 (scendere) [ sole] to sink*, to set*; [notte, nebbia] to close in, to fall*2 (diminuire) [febbre, livello] to go* down; [ volume] to fall*; [prezzo, temperatura] to come* down, to drop, to sink* (di by); [presenze, domanda, interesse] to drop off, to fall* away; [fatturato, azioni] to fall* (di by); [ popolarità] to decrease, to wane; [ marea] to ebb, to go* out; [ luna] to wane; [ vista] to weaken; [ concentrazione] to wane, to drop away; [ottimismo, entusiasmo] to wane; (di peso) calare di tre chili to lose three kilos4 (invadere) i barbari calarono in Italia the barbarians invaded Italy; (abbattersi) calare sul nemico to descend o fall on the enemy5 (decadere) calare nella considerazione di qcn. to go down in sb.'s esteemIII calarsi verbo pronominale1 (scendere) to let* oneself down2 (immedesimarsi) - rsi in una parte to get inside one's part.————————calare2/ka'lare/sostantivo m.al calare del sole at sunset; al calare della notte at nightfall. -
69 collettività
f community* * *collettività s.f.1 ( l'essere collettivo) collective nature, collectivity, communal use: la collettività di un servizio, the collective nature of a service2 ( comunità) community, general public: agire per il bene della collettività, to act for the good of all (o for the common interest).* * *[kollettivi'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile community* * *collettività/kollettivi'ta/f.inv.community; nell'interesse della collettività for the common good. -
70 contrario
"opposite;Gegensatzlich;contrário"* * *(pl -ri) 1. adj contrarydirezione oppositevento adverseessere contrario be against (a something)2. m contrary, oppositeal contrario on the contrary* * *contrario agg.1 contrary, opposite, adverse, opposed: contrario alla ragione, contrary (o opposed) to common sense; contrario alle regole, against the rules; fino ad avviso contrario, until further notice; in direzione contraria, in the opposite direction; opinioni contrarie, contrary (o opposing) opinions; venti contrari, contrary (o adverse) winds; verrò, salvo avviso contrario, I'll come, unless I hear to the contrary; contrario alla legge, unlawful // (dir.): prova contraria, evidence to the contrary; salvo patto contrario, unless otherwise provided for2 ( sfavorevole) unfavourable; contrary: stagione contraria, unfavourable season; la sorte gli è contraria, fate is against him; essere contrario per principio a qlco., to be against sthg. on principle; quanti sono i voti favorevoli e quanti contrari?, how many votes are there in favour and how many against?3 ( nocivo) harmful4 ( riluttante) reluctant, unwilling, loath: era contrario a partire in aeroplano, he was unwilling to leave by plane.contrario s.m.1 contrary, opposite: è proprio il contrario, it is just the opposite; Paolo è l'esatto contrario del fratello, Paolo is the complete opposite of his brother; ha fatto il contrario di quanto gli avevo detto, he did the opposite of what I had told him to do; non ho nulla in contrario che gli telefoniate, I have no objection to your ringing him up; avere prova del contrario, to have proof to the contrary // al contrario, ( invece) on the contrary; but; while; unlike; ( a ritroso) backwards: ti sei messo la maglia al contrario, ( il davanti dietro) you put your pullover on the wrong way round, ( al rovescio) you put your pullover on inside out; appesero il quadro al contrario, they hung the picture upside down; al contrario! vengo volentieri, on the contrary! I'm more than willing to come; tutto va al contrario di come speravo, nothing is going the way I hoped; al contrario di Fred mi piace il calcio, unlike Fred, I like football* * *[kon'trarjo] contrario -ria, -ri, -rie1. agg(gen) opposite, (sfavorevole) unfavourable Brit, unfavorable Am, (avverso: sorte) adverse, (venti) contraryessere contrario a qc — (persona) to be against sth
2. smal contrario di quanto si crede, è piuttosto grande — contrary to what people think, it's quite big
se qualcuno ha qualcosa in contrario lo dica subito — if anyone has an objection they should say so at once
è esattamente il contrario — it's quite the opposite o reverse
* * *1.2) (contrastante) [opinione, interesse, teoria] contrary (a to), conflicting (a with); [ forze] opposite (a to)in caso contrario — failing this o that, otherwise
2.essere contrario a qcs., a fare — to be opposed to sth., to doing
sostantivo maschile1) (inverso) contrary, opposite2) ling. antonym3) al contrario (all'opposto, invece) contrariwise, on the contrary; (a ritroso) backwards; (col davanti dietro) the wrong way round, back to front; (con l'interno all'esterno) inside out; (capovolto) upside downnon sono stanco, al contrario! — I'm not tired, far from it!
4) in contrariose lei non ha niente in contrario — if you don't object, if you have no objection(s)
* * *contrariopl. -ri, - rie /kon'trarjo, ri, rje/2 (contrastante) [opinione, interesse, teoria] contrary (a to), conflicting (a with); [ forze] opposite (a to); contrario alla legge against the law; in caso contrario failing this o that, otherwise; fino a prova -a until proved otherwise3 (sfavorevole) essere contrario a qcs., a fare to be opposed to sth., to doing; essere contrario all'idea to be against the idea; sono contrario I'm against it1 (inverso) contrary, opposite2 ling. antonym3 al contrario (all'opposto, invece) contrariwise, on the contrary; (a ritroso) backwards; (col davanti dietro) the wrong way round, back to front; (con l'interno all'esterno) inside out; (capovolto) upside down; al contrario! quite the reverse! non sono stanco, al contrario! I'm not tired, far from it! al contrario di me unlike me4 in contrario nessuno ha detto nulla in contrario no-one said anything to the contrary; non ho niente in contrario I have nothing against it; se lei non ha niente in contrario if you don't object, if you have no objection(s). -
71 palpitante
palpitante agg.1 throbbing, palpitating2 (fig.) vibrant: romanzo di palpitante interesse, novel vibrant in interest; un argomento di palpitante interesse, a fascinating subject // essere palpitante di amore per qlcu., to be madly in love with s.o.* * *[palpi'tante]palpitante d'emozione — fig. trembling with emotion
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72 passivo
1. adj passive2. m grammar passivefinance liabilities pl* * *passivo agg.1 passive (anche gramm.): ha spesso un atteggiamento troppo passivo, he's often too passive; resistenza passiva, passive resistance; ubbidienza passiva, passive obedience; (gramm.) voce passiva, passive voice; (gramm.) verbo passivo, passive verb2 (comm.) passive, debit (attr.), in the red (pred.), unprofitable: bilancio (in) passivo, debit balance; società passiva, company in the red; investimento passivo, unprofitable investment // (fin.): obbligazione passiva, passive bond; operazione di credito passiva, borrowing transaction◆ s.m.1 (gramm.) passive2 (comm.) indebtedness, liabilities (pl.), deficit: passivo di una società, company's liabilities; passivo prevedibile, deficit to be expected; il passivo supera l'attivo, the liabilities exceed the assets; accertare il passivo, to ascertain liabilities; registrare una voce al passivo, to enter an item on the debit side // in passivo, passive (o in the red): essere in passivo, to be in the red // (dir.) passivo del fallimento, bankruptcy liabilities3 (sport) points (scored) against (pl.), losses (pl.): l'anno si è chiuso con un pesante passivo per la squadra, the year ended with heavy losses for the team.* * *[pas'sivo] passivo (-a)1. agg2. sm1) Gramm passive2) Econ debit, (complesso dei debiti) liabilities pl* * *[pas'sivo] 1.1) (che subisce) [persona, resistenza] passive; [compiacenza, sottomissione] supinefumo passivo — passive o slipstream smoking
2) ling. passive3) econ.2.interesse passivo — debt o red ink interest
sostantivo maschile1) ling. passiveal passivo — in the passive, passively
registrare qcs. al passivo — to enter on the debit side
* * *passivo/pas'sivo/1 (che subisce) [persona, resistenza] passive; [compiacenza, sottomissione] supine; fumo passivo passive o slipstream smoking2 ling. passive1 ling. passive; al passivo in the passive, passively -
73 richiamare
( chiamare di nuovo) call again( chiamare indietro) call backattirare drawfig rimproverare rebuke, reprimandrichiamare l'attenzione di qualcuno draw someone's attention (su to)richiamare qualcuno all'ordine call s.o. to order* * *richiamare v.tr.1 ( chiamare di nuovo) to call again: chiamai e richiamai, ma nessuno rispose, I called and called, but no one answered; vuoi richiamare più tardi?, would you call again later?; ha telefonato alle 8, richiamerà domani, he phoned at 8, he'll call back (o again) tomorrow // richiamare alle armi, to recall for military service // richiamare qlcu. in carica, to recall s.o. to office2 ( chiamare indietro, far tornare) to call back, to recall: gli affari lo richiamarono a Roma, he was called back to Rome on business; richiamalo, ho dimenticato di dirgli qlco., call him back, I have forgotten to tell him sthg.; richiamare il cane, to call off one's dog; richiamare un generale, un ambasciatore, to recall a general, an ambassador // richiamare all'ordine, to call to order // richiamare qlcu. al dovere, to recall s.o. to his duty // richiamare in vita, to restore (o to bring back) to life // richiamare qlcu. alla realtà, to bring s.o. back to reality // richiamare qlco. alla mente di qlcu., to remind s.o. of sthg.: questa scena mi richiama alla mente qlco., this scene reminds me of sthg.; questo mi richiama alla mente la mia ultima visita, this reminds me of (o brings to my mind) my last visit here // (banca) richiamare una cambiale ( ritirarla prima della scadenza), to retire (o to rebate) a bill3 ( ritirare) to withdraw*: richiamare le truppe dalle posizioni occupate, to withdraw the troops from the positions occupied4 ( attirare) to attract; to draw*: vestiva sempre di rosso per richiamare l'attenzione, she always dressed in red to attract people's attention; la sua ultima commedia richiamò molti spettatori, his last play drew large audiences; basta il suo nome a richiamare il pubblico, his name is enough to draw the public; voglio richiamare la tua attenzione su questo fatto, I want to call (o to draw) your attention to this fact (o I want to point out this fact to you)5 ( rimproverare) to rebuke, to reprimand6 ( citare) to quote: mi si conceda di richiamare Dante, I would like to take the liberty of quoting Dante◘ richiamarsi v.intr.pron.1 ( riferirsi) to refer: richiamare a un documento, a un'autorità, to refer to a document, an authority* * *[rikja'mare]1. vt1) (gen), (al telefono) to call back, Mil, Inform to recall2) (attrarre: folla) to attract, drawdesidero richiamare la vostra attenzione su... — I should like to draw your attention to...
3)richiamare qc alla memoria di qn — (sogg : avvenimento) to remind sb of sth4) (rimproverare) to reprimand2. vip (richiamarsi)richiamarsi a — (riferirsi a) to refer to
* * *[rikja'mare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (chiamare di nuovo) to call [sb.] again; (al telefono) to call [sb.] back, to phone [sb.] back, to ring* [sb.] back2) (fare ritornare indietro) to call [sb.] back, to call [sb.] off [persona, cane]; mil. pol. (ritirare) to recall, to summon back, to withdraw* [truppe, ambasciatore]richiamare qcs. alla memoria — fig. to bring o call sth. (back) to mind
3) (rimproverare) to rebuke, to reprimandrichiamare qcn. all'ordine — to call sb. to order
richiamare qcn. al dovere — to recall sb. to his duty
richiamare qcn. all'obbedienza — to bring sb. to heel
4) (attirare) to attract, to draw* [folla, interesse]richiamare l'attenzione su qcs. — to draw o focus attention on sth
5) (ricordare) to remind2.* * *richiamare/rikja'mare/ [1]1 (chiamare di nuovo) to call [sb.] again; (al telefono) to call [sb.] back, to phone [sb.] back, to ring* [sb.] back2 (fare ritornare indietro) to call [sb.] back, to call [sb.] off [persona, cane]; mil. pol. (ritirare) to recall, to summon back, to withdraw* [truppe, ambasciatore]; richiamare qcs. alla memoria fig. to bring o call sth. (back) to mind3 (rimproverare) to rebuke, to reprimand; richiamare qcn. all'ordine to call sb. to order; richiamare qcn. al dovere to recall sb. to his duty; richiamare qcn. all'obbedienza to bring sb. to heel4 (attirare) to attract, to draw* [folla, interesse]; richiamare l'attenzione su qcs. to draw o focus attention on sth.5 (ricordare) to remindII richiamarsi verbo pronominale(fare riferimento) to refer (a to). -
74 superiore
"upper;Übergeordnet;superior"* * *1. adj topqualità superiorsuperiore alla media better than average2. m superior* * *superiore agg.1 ( in senso assoluto) superior: un essere superiore, a superior being; una mente superiore, a superior mind; una persona superiore, an outstanding person; qualità superiore, superior quality: merce di qualità superiore, first-class goods // ha sempre un'aria superiore, ( di superiorità) he always has a superior air (o an air of superiority)2 ( con valore comparativo) superior: è superiore a tutti noi in intelligenza, he is superior to us all in intelligence; fummo travolti da una forza superiore, we were overwhelmed by a superior force; la squadra avversaria era nettamente superiore, the opposing team was definitely superior; i nemici erano superiori in numero, the enemy were superior in number3 ( più alto, più elevato) higher: un grado superiore, a higher degree; prezzo, temperatura, velocità superiore, higher price, temperature, speed; una somma superiore, a larger amount; vendere a prezzo superiore, to sell at a higher price4 ( sovrastante) upper: labbro, mascella, arto superiore, upper lip, jaw, limb; i piani superiori di una casa, the upper floors of a house; abita al piano superiore, he lives on the floor above; ( di una casa a due piani) he lives on the upper floor; il corso superiore di un fiume, the upper course of a river; le regioni superiori dell'atmosfera, the upper atmosphere // le classi superiori, the upper classes // (geol.) cretaceo superiore, Upper Cretaceous5 ( al di sopra) above: superiore alla media, above average: statura superiore alla media, above average height; è superiore a ogni sospetto, critica, lode, he is above suspicion, criticism, praise; è superiore a queste meschinità, he is above (o superior to) such meanness; è un prezzo superiore alle mie possibilità, it's a price above (o beyond) my possibilities; obbedire a ordini superiori, to obey orders from above7 ( più avanzato) advanced: matematica superiore, advanced mathematics; scuola superiore di disegno, advanced school of drawing; studi superiori, advanced studies; istruzione superiore, higher education◆ s.m.1 superior: rispettoso con i superiori, respectful to one's superiors; fu chiamato dal suo superiore, he was called by his superior; un ufficiale deve ubbidire ai superiori, an officer must obey his superiors (in rank)* * *[supe'rjore]1. agg2) (che sta più in alto: rami, classe) upper, (livello) higheril corso superiore di un fiume — the upper reaches pl of a river
al piano superiore — on the upper floor, (di edificio a più piani) on the floor above
scuola superiore; scuole superiori — secondary school Brit, senior high (school) Am
2. sm3. sfplle superiori — secondary school Brit, senior high (school) Am
* * *[supe'rjore] 1.1) (di sopra) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] upper; [ parte] top, upper2) (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo] higher (a than); [ dimensioni] bigger (a than); [ durata] longer (a than)temperature -i ai 5°C — temperatures above 5°C
tassi d'interesse -i al 3% — interest rates higher than o above 3%
3) (migliore) superior (a to)sentirsi superiore a qcn. — to feel superior to sb
4) (in una gerarchia) [gradi, classi] upper2.sostantivo maschile1) (capo) superior, senior2) relig. superior3.sostantivo femminile plurale superiori scol. = course of studies following middle school or junior high school and preceeding university* * *superiore/supe'rjore/1 (di sopra) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] upper; [ parte] top, upper; abitare al piano superiore to live upstairs2 (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo] higher ( a than); [ dimensioni] bigger ( a than); [ durata] longer ( a than); superiore alla media above average; temperature -i ai 5°C temperatures above 5°C; tassi d'interesse -i al 3% interest rates higher than o above 3%; assegni -i ai 100 euro cheques (for) over 100 euros; essere in numero superiore o numericamente superiore to be greater in number3 (migliore) superior ( a to); una mente superiore a superior mind; sentirsi superiore a qcn. to feel superior to sb.4 (in una gerarchia) [ gradi, classi] upper; istruzione superiore higher education1 (capo) superior, senior2 relig. superiorIII superiori f.pl.scol. = course of studies following middle school or junior high school and preceeding university. -
75 vitale
vitalpersona lively, full of life* * *vitale agg.1 vital: l'acqua e l'aria sono vitali per la sopravvivenza dell'uomo, water and air are vital for man's survival; forza vitale, vital force; parte vitale, vital part // (anat.): organi vitali, vital organs; centro vitale, vital centre2 (fig.) vital, essential, basic: di vitale importanza, of vital importance // un progetto economicamente vitale, an economically viable scheme.* * *[vi'tale]1) biol. fisiol. [funzione, organo] vital; [ ciclo] life2) (fondamentale) vitaldi vitale interesse — [problema, questione] of vital importance
è di vitale importanza — it is vital o of vital importance o vitally important
4) med. [ feto] viable* * *vitale/vi'tale/1 biol. fisiol. [funzione, organo] vital; [ ciclo] life2 (fondamentale) vital; di vitale interesse [problema, questione] of vital importance; è di vitale importanza it is vital o of vital importance o vitally important3 (indispensabile) spazio vitale living space4 med. [ feto] viable -
76 inter
inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].I.Adv., in the midst, in between ( poet. and rare):II. A.dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,
Val. Fl. 5, 337:tot montibus inter diviso,
id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —Lit., in space.1.Of position only.a.Referring to two places or objects, between:b.qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios,
Caes. B. G. 1, 2:cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset,
Cic. Att. 9, 2:inter Padum atque Alpes,
Liv. 5, 35:ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit,
id. 2, 5:locus inter duos lucos,
id. 1, 8, 5:apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram,
id. 2, 5, 2; so,inter haec maria Asia,
Curt. 3, 1, 13.—Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of:2.inter hostium tela versari,
Cic. de Or. 1, 46:inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus,
Liv. 2, 17, 4:rex inter primos constiterat,
Curt. 5, 3, 9:inter multitudinem,
Liv. 22, 13, 2:inter lignarios,
id. 35, 41, 10:repertae inter spolia catenae,
Tac. A. 2, 18:vicos aut inter vias manere,
Suet. Caes. 39:inter ingentes solitudines,
Sall. J 89, 4:inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque,
Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the sing., in the midst of, surrounded by:erat inter ceteram planitiem mons,
Sall. J. 92, 5:tibicines inter exercitum positi,
Gell. 1, 11, 3:inter caedem aquila,
Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.:inter ceteram praedam,
Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10:inter purpuram atque aurum,
id. 9, 17, 16. —With verbs of motion.a.Between, through, among:b.inter medias stationes hostium erupere,
Liv. 35, 11:acies inter bina castra procedunt,
id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33:inter oppositas classes transmisit,
Suet. Caes. 58:spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces,
Curt. 7, 2, 23:medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit,
Tac. A. 14, 33.—Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of:B.inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,
Verg. E. 2, 3:te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,
id. A. 12, 437:dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,
among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—Transf., of relations conceived as local.1.In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects:2.judicium inter deas tres,
Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.:inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare,
id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:inter has sententias dijudicare,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes,
id. Balb. 21, 49:inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant,
Tac. A. 12, 32:trepidare inter scelus metumque,
id. H. 3, 39:inter pugnae fugaeque consilium,
Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated:ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse,
Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem,
id. Lael. 25, 95.—In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).(α).In gen.:(β).quos inter magna fuit contentio,
Nep. Mil. 4, 4:Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:certamen inter primores civitates,
Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together:quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51:quod colloquimur inter nos,
with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.:inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,
id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,
id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s ' entr ' aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12:inter se consultare,
id. de Or. 2, 3, 13:inter se amare,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,
id. Lael. 22, 82:Di inter se diligunt,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:furtim inter se aspiciebant,
id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,
Liv. 7, 42:haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:inter se nondum satis noti,
Liv. 21, 39:ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,
Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,
id. Fam. 9, 3, 4:quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context:manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch:Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,
Dict. Cret. 5, 14:conferti inter se,
id. 2, 46.—So of things:(γ).ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se,
mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:colles duos inter se propinquos occupat,
near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3:haud procul inter se erant,
id. ib. 41, 2:multum inter se distant istae facultates,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:res inter se similes,
Quint. 9, 2, 51:inter se dissimilis,
id. 9, 4, 17.—Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous:(δ).nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74:quod inter nos liceat dicere,
id. Att. 2, 4:quod inter nos sit,
but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.):3.haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,
Liv. 6, 34, 5:inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,
id. 4, 18, 1:credula fama inter gaudentes,
Tac. H. 1, 34:more inter veteres recepto,
id. ib. 2, 85.—Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.a.In gen., among:b.homines inter suos nobiles,
Cic. Fl. 22, 52:inter suos et honestus et nobilis,
id. Clu. 5, 11:in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat,
id. Or. 2, 6:inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est,
Quint. 10, 1, 37:ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus,
Sen. Contr. 2, 9:Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus,
Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.:honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:plurimum inter eos valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4:maximum imperium inter finitimos,
Liv. 5, 3, 10:inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi,
Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.Esp.: inter paucos, etc., [p. 977] among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially:c.pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,
Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.:sternutamento utilis inter pauca,
id. 24, 11, 58, § 97:pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,
Liv. 22, 7; cf.:inter paucos disertus,
Quint. 10, 3, 13:inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,
Tac. A. 16, 18:claritudine paucos inter senum regum,
id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so,inter cuncta,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96:inter omnia,
Curt. 3, 3, 18:inter cetera,
Liv. 37, 12.—In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination:4.cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,
Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.:in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur,
id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,
id. ib. 32, 90:si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus,
id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—In some idiomatic phrases.a.Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand:b.ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,
Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands:inter manus domum ablatus,
Liv. 3, 13:inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,
Curt. 8, 2, 39:inter manus auferri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:inter manus meas crevit,
under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12:manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,
before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—Inter viam, vias, on the way:C.dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias,
Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43:si se inter viam obtulerit,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —Of time.a.Between two dates or periods specified:b.dies XLV. inter binos ludos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at:c.quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61:omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,
Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.:qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:inter ipsum pugnae tempus,
Liv. 36, 20:inter noctem lux orta,
id. 32, 29:qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,
Gell. 9, 4.—Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while:d.haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,
at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.:illuseras heri inter scyphos,
id. Fam. 7, 22:inter fulmina et tonitrua,
id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,
Tac. A. 2, 82:inter initia,
at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding:e.nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,
amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11:utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,
Tac. H. 3, 40:senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,
id. Agr. 32; cf.:ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,
id. H. 1, 1.—Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time:D.= interea, inter haec major alius terror,
in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.:inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites,
id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63:inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10:inter quae unctione uti licet,
Cels. 4, 2, 3.—So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum,
at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10:inter disceptandum,
id. 12, 7, 6:inter res agendas,
Suet. Caes. 45.—In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.a.Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —b.At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—c. -
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I Präp. (+ Akk)1. Zweck, Ziel: for; für mich for me; (um meinetwillen) for my sake; hier, für dich! this is for you; für was ist das? umg. what’s that in aid of?, what’s that for?; für nichts und wieder nichts umg. (vergebens) all for nothing2. (zugunsten von) for, in favo(u)r of; alles spricht für ihn als Kandidat: he has everything going for him; als Täter: everything points to him; das hat viel für sich there’s a lot to be said for it; und du, für wen bist du? who are you rooting for?4. (anstelle von) for; (im Namen von) auch on behalf of; für jemanden unterschreiben sign for ( oder on behalf of) s.o.; für zwei arbeiten / essen do as much work as two people / eat enough for two; gehst du für mich hin? will you go there for me?; dieses Beispiel steht für viele this example stands for ( oder is one of) many5. Preis, Gegenleistung: for; (als Ersatz) auch in exchange ( oder return) for; für zwei Euro Eis kaufen get two euros’ worth of ice cream; Aktien für tausend Euro a thousand euros of shares; für 20 Euro die oder pro Stunde for 20 euros an hour6. mit Zeitangaben: for; für gewöhnlich usually; für immer for ever; für zwei Wochen for two weeks; das Treffen ist für Montag geplant the meeting is planned for Monday; genug für heute! that’s enough for today7. Bezug herstellend: Lehrer, Professor, Minister etc. für of; sie ist Lektorin für Sachbücher she’s a non-fiction editor; zu alt etc. für too old etc. for; das gilt auch für dich! that applies to ( oder goes for) you too; für ihn heißt es jetzt Geduld haben now he’s just got to be patient; ist das von Interesse für dich? is that of any interest to you?; für mich ist sie die Größte! for me ( oder as far I’m concerned) she’s the greatest!8. Verhältnis, Vergleich: for; sie sieht jung aus für ihr Alter she looks young for her age; nicht schlecht für den ersten Versuch! not bad for a first attempt9. Aufeinanderfolge: Schritt für Schritt step by step; Tag für Tag day after day; Wort für Wort word for word10. Eigenschaft zuweisend: halten / erklären für consider / declare (to be); ich halte es für unklug I don’t think it’s ( oder it would be) a good idea; ich hätte ihn für jünger gehalten I would have thought he was younger; die Sitzung für eröffnet erklären declare the meeting open; jemanden für tot erklären pronounce s.o. dead11. umg. (gegen) for; ein Mittel für Grippe something for flu; gut für den Durst good for thirst, good if you’re thirsty12. für sich bleiben stay on one’s own, be alone; für sich leben live by o.s.; er ist gern für sich ( allein) he likes to be on his own; das ist eine Sache für sich that’s another matter entirely, that’s a different story13. fig.: an und für sich actually; ich für meine Person oder ich für meinen Teil I for my part; sie singt für ihr Leben gern she just loves singing; er kann nichts für seine Dummheit he can’t help being stupid14. umg.: was für ( ein) ... (welche Art) what kind of...; (welche[r,s]) what...; als Ausruf: what (a)...; was für ein Auto hast du? what sort (bes. Am. kind) of car have you got?; was für einen Film meinst du? what ( von bestimmten: which) film do you mean?; was für ein schickes Kleid! what a smart dress!; was ( ist das) für ein Unsinn! what nonsense!II Adv.1. nordd. umg.: da / hier / wo... für dafür, hierfür, wofür* * *to; per; unto; for* * *['fyːɐ]ntdas Fǘr und Wider — the pros and cons pl
* * *1) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) at2) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) for3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) for5) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) for6) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) for7) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) for8) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) for9) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) for10) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) for11) to* * *<->[fy:ɐ̯]nt* * *1) fordas ist nichts für mich — that's not for me
für immer — for ever; for good
2) (zugunsten) forfür jemanden/etwas sein — be for or in favour of somebody/something
3) (als)4) (anstelle) forfür jemanden einspringen — take somebody's place
für zwei arbeiten — do the work of two people
5) (als Stellvertreter) for; on behalf of6) (um)Jahr für Jahr — year after year
Schritt für Schritt — step by step s. auch was 1.
* * *Für n:das Für und Wider the pros and cons pl* * *1) forfür sich — by oneself; on one's own
für immer — for ever; for good
2) (zugunsten) forfür jemanden/etwas sein — be for or in favour of somebody/something
3) (als)4) (anstelle) for5) (als Stellvertreter) for; on behalf of6) (um)Schritt für Schritt — step by step s. auch was 1.
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arrivearrivare a reacharrivare primo arrive firstarrivare puntuale arrive on timearrivare a fare qualcosa manage to do somethingcolloq non ci arriva he doesn't get it colloq he doesn't understand* * *arrivare v. intr.1 to arrive (in, at a place), to come* (to a place), to reach (a place, s.o., sthg.), to get* (to a place): arrivammo a Roma troppo tardi per la coincidenza, we arrived in Rome too late for our connection; arrivarono a Linate appena in tempo, they arrived at Linate just in time; spero che arriverete a Hong Kong sani e salvi, I hope you'll reach Hong Kong safe and sound; non arrivare alla festa troppo presto!, don't get to (o turn up at) the party too early!; vedi di arrivare a casa piuttosto presto, try and get home nice and early; l'acqua mi arrivava alle ginocchia, the water came up to (o reached) my knees; la sua voce mi arrivò attraverso il lago, his voice reached me across the lake // arrivare primo, secondo, ultimo, to come first, second, last // gli arrivarono molti libri nuovi, he received many new books // chi tardi arriva male alloggia, (prov.) first come, first served2 ( giungere) (fig.) to get* (to sthg.); to reach (sthg.): arrivare alla verità, to get at the truth; arrivare a una conclusione, to reach a conclusion; arrivare a una soluzione, to reach a solution // mi dispiace, ma non ci arrivo proprio!, sorry, I just don't get it (o I can't make it out)3 ( conseguire) to attain (sthg.), to achieve (sthg.): arrivare al proprio scopo, to attain (o to achieve) one's ends4 ( riuscire) to manage (to do); to succeed (in doing): è arrivato a fare cose incredibili, he managed to do the most incredible things; non arriverò mai a parlare il cinese!, I'll never succeed in speaking Chinese!5 ( avere successo) to attain success; to be successful: il suo unico interesse è quello di arrivare, he's only interested in attaining success; il suo scopo è quello di arrivare, his aim is to be successful6 ( giungere al punto di) to go* as far as (doing); to go* so far as (to do); ( essere ridotto a) to be* reduced to (doing sthg.): è arrivato a picchiarmi, he went as far hitting me; arrivò a insultarla, tanto era arrabbiato, he was so cross, he went so far as to insult her (o he even insulted her); è arrivato a rubare per pagarsi la droga, he was reduced to stealing to pay for his drugs7 ( accadere) to happen: qualunque cosa arrivi, whatever happens // le disgrazie non arrivano mai sole, (prov.) it never rains but it pours* * *[arri'vare]1) (giungere) [persona, aereo, treno, lettera] to arrive; [pioggia, stagione] to come*arrivare primo — (in una gara) to come (in) o finish first
arrivare con il treno, in aereo — to arrive by train, by plane
arrivare a Napoli, in Italia — to arrive in Naples, in Italy
arrivare al momento opportuno — to arrive o come at just the right moment
sbrigati, arriva il treno! — hurry up, the train is coming!
eccomi, arrivo! — I'm coming!
arrivare (sino) a qcn. — [notizia, odore] to reach sb.
gli è arrivato un ceffone — scherz. he got a slap
l'acqua ci arrivava alla vita — the water came up to our waist, the water was waist-deep
arrivare (fino) a — [coda, ingorgo] to stretch (back) to
3) (in un discorso, ragionamento)arrivare a — to come to, to reach [ conclusione]
4) (nel tempo)5)arrivare a fare — (giungere al punto di) to extend to doing, to go as far as doing; (riuscire) to manage to do, to succeed in doing
6) (affermarsi) [ persona] to arrive, to be* successful* * *arrivare/arri'vare/ [1](aus. essere)1 (giungere) [persona, aereo, treno, lettera] to arrive; [pioggia, stagione] to come*; arrivare primo (in una gara) to come (in) o finish first; arrivare con il treno, in aereo to arrive by train, by plane; arrivare a Napoli, in Italia to arrive in Naples, in Italy; arrivare alla stazione to arrive at the station; arrivare a casa to get home; arrivare al momento opportuno to arrive o come at just the right moment; sono arrivato prima di te I got there before you; sbrigati, arriva il treno! hurry up, the train is coming! guarda chi arriva look who's coming; eccomi, arrivo! I'm coming! arrivare (sino) a qcn. [notizia, odore] to reach sb.; gli è arrivato un ceffone scherz. he got a slap2 (raggiungere un determinato punto) l'acqua ci arrivava alla vita the water came up to our waist, the water was waist-deep; i pantaloni gli arrivavano appena alle caviglie his trousers barely came down to his ankles; ci arrivo appena I can just about reach it; a che pagina siamo arrivati? what page have we got up to? arrivare (fino) a [coda, ingorgo] to stretch (back) to4 (nel tempo) arrivare a novant'anni to reach the age of ninety5 arrivare a fare (giungere al punto di) to extend to doing, to go as far as doing; (riuscire) to manage to do, to succeed in doing; non arriverò mai a capire la matematica I'll never manage to understand maths6 (affermarsi) [ persona] to arrive, to be* successful -
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1. prep ofcon il comparativo thandi ferro (made of) ironicio sono di Roma I'm from Romel'auto di mio padre my father's caruna tazza di caffè a cup of coffeedi giorno by dayparlare di politica talk about politicsd'estate in the summerdi questo passo at this ratedi chi è questo libro? whose is this book?, who does this book belong to?più bello di prettier than2. art someinterrogativo any, somedel vino some wine* * *di prep.1 ( specificazione) of: il calore del sole, the heat of the sun; l'inizio della primavera, the beginning of spring; il capo dei ribelli, the leader of the rebels (o the rebel leader); il profumo delle rose, the scent of roses; l'altezza di un edificio, the height of a building; la fine di un film, the end of a film; il centro della città, the centre of town (o the town centre); il senso dell'umorismo, a sense of humour; una folla di dimostranti, a crowd of demonstrators; una serie di errori, a series of mistakes; la furia degli elementi, the fury of the elements; i vetri della finestra, window panes; gli impiegati delle poste, post office workers; il canto degli uccelli, birdsong (o the song of birds)2 (specificazione con valore di possesso; in inglese si esprime spesso con il 'caso possessivo'): la casa di Sara, Sarah's house; il fratello di Giacomo, James's brother; il figlio dei Rossi, the Rossi's son; le odi del Carducci, Carducci's odes; la riunione di martedì, Tuesday's meeting; la coda del gatto, the cat's tail; la maniglia della porta, the door handle; la porta della cucina, the kitchen door3 ( partitivo) some, (in frasi interrogative, dubitative e negative) any: mangiammo del pane, we ate some bread; è uscita con dei conoscenti, she went out with some people she knew; abbiamo visto delle belle scarpe, we saw some nice shoes; c'è ancora del vino?, is there any wine left?; alcuni degli alunni, some of the pupils; ciascuno di noi, each of us4 (retta da nomi che indicano quantità, numero) of: un chilo di pane, a kilo of bread; una dozzina di uova, a dozen eggs; ci vuole un minimo di buon senso, it takes a bit of common sense; un po' di coraggio, some courage // niente di bello, di interessante, d'importante, nothing nice, interesting, important; qualcosa di nuovo, something new5 (denominazione; talvolta in inglese non si traduce) of: la città di Roma, the city of Rome; l'isola di Capri, the isle of Capri; il mese di febbraio, the month of February; una ragazza di colore, a coloured girl; il nome di Giovanni, the name John6 ( qualità, condizione) at, in, by: sano di corpo, healthy in body; buono d'animo, good at heart; conoscere qlcu. di nome, to know s.o. by name7 ( argomento) about, of: discutere di sport, to talk about sport; parlare bene di qlcu., to speak well of s.o.; un testo di chimica, a chemistry text; un film di spionaggio, a spy film8 ( appartenenza) by: un libro di Calvino, a book by Calvino; un film di Fellini, a film by Fellini; un'opera di Raffaello, a work by Raphael; una sinfonia di Mahler, a symphony by Mahler; una poesia di Montale, a poem by Montale; un'opera di Verdi, an opera by Verdi9 ( per introdurre un secondo termine di paragone) than (dopo compar.); of, in (dopo superl.): Marco è più alto di Giorgio, Mark is taller than George; è il più simpatico dei fratelli, he's the nicest of the brothers; la più grande città del Giappone, the biggest city in Japan; il fiume più lungo del mondo, the longest river in the world10 ( modo): essere di buon umore, to be in a good mood; bere tutto di un fiato, to drink it all in one gulp; ridere di cuore, to laugh heartily; sollevare di peso, to lift up bodily; andarsene di corsa, to rush off11 ( materia): una statua di marmo, a marble statue; una tavola di legno, a wooden table; una borsa di pelle, a leather handbag; una crostata di mele, an apple tart // un cuore d'oro, a heart of gold // un pugno di ferro, an iron fist // castelli di carta, castles in the air12 ( età, valore, misura): un bambino di 6 anni, a 6-year-old child (o a child of 6); un uomo di mezza età, a middle-aged man; un assegno di 500 euro, a cheque for 500 euros; un edificio di 10 piani, a 10-storey building; un circuito di mille metri, a thousand metre circuit; una distanza di 8 km, a distance of 8 kilometres (o 5 miles); una parete di 4 metri, a 4 metre-long wall (o a wall 4 metres long); un appartamento di 150 mq, a flat of 150 square metres13 ( causa) of, for, with: morire di sete, to die of thirst; piangere di gioia, to cry for joy; accusare di furto, to charge with theft; reo di omicidio, guilty of murder14 ( mezzo) with, on: ungere di burro, to grease with butter; cospargere di sale, to sprinkle with salt; campare del proprio stipendio, to live on one's own earnings; vivere di illusioni, to live on illusions15 ( moto da luogo, origine, provenienza, anche fig.) from; out of: uscire di casa, to go (o to come) out of the house (o to leave home); essere di Roma, to be (o to come) from Rome; di dove sei?, where are you from? (o where do you come from?); era di buona famiglia, (s)he was from a good family; allontanati di lì, get away from there; lontano di qui, a long way from here (o a long way off) // uscire di strada, to leave the road // mi cadde di mano, it slipped out of my hand // smontare di sella, to dismount16 ( tempo): di mattina, di sera, in the morning, in the evening; di notte, at night; d'inverno, d'estate, in winter, in summer; di sabato, on Saturday (s); una sera di ottobre, an October evening; un corso di 3 mesi, a three-month course; una lezione di un'ora, an hour-long lesson; una gita di 2 giorni, a two-day trip; una vacanza di un mese, a month's holiday // di recente, recently // di giorno in giorno, from day to day // di anno in anno, from year to year // di tanto in tanto, every now and then (o every so often)17 ( limitazione, privazione): duro d'orecchio, hard of hearing; essere debole di cuore, to have a weak heart; a corto di soldi, short of money; privo di mezzi, without means; mancare di esperienza, to be without experience18 ( destinazione, scopo): stanza di soggiorno, living-room; sala di lettura, reading room ∙ Come si nota dagli esempi, nei significati 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18 si usa spesso in inglese la forma aggettivale o avverbiale in luogo del compl. introdotto dalla prep. di19 (seguito da un verbo all'inf. in dipendenza da altro verbo): decidemmo di partire subito, we decided to leave at once; gli dissi di andarsene, I told him to go away; non avevo intenzione di offenderti, I didn't mean to offend you; credo di aver ragione, I believe I'm right; pensava di fare il medico, he thought of becoming a doctor20 (in unione con altra prep.): contro di lui, against him; dopo di te, after you; sopra, sotto di noi, above, below us; dietro di me, after (o behind) me21 (in unione con un avv.): di qua, over here (o on this side); di là, over there (o on that side); di dentro, inside; di fuori, outside.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: di certo, surely; di frequente, often; di rado, seldom; di nuovo, again; di solito, usually; del resto, besides, moreover; di gran lunga, by far // di male in peggio, from bad to worse // ne ha combinati di guai, he caused a lot of trouble // dire di sì, di no, to say yes, no // credere di sì, di no, to think so, not.di s.f. o m. letter D.* * *[di] di + il = del, di + lo = dello, di + l' = dell', di + la = della, di + i = dei, di + gli = degli, di + le = delle1. prep1) (possesso) of, (composto da, scritto da) byla macchina del mio amico/dei miei amici — my friend's/friends' car
la figlia dell'amica di mia madre — the daughter of my mother's friend, my mother's friend's daughter
l'ultimo libro di Umberto Eco — Umberto Eco's latest book, the latest book by Umberto Eco
2) (specificazione, denominazione) ofil professore d'inglese — the English teacher, the teacher of English
3)una casa di mattoni — a brick house, a house made of brick(s)
4) (provenienza) from, out of, (posizione) in, onuscire di casa — to come out of o leave the house
i negozi di Milano — the Milan shops, the shops in Milan
i vicini del piano di sopra — the upstairs neighbours, the people who live on the floor above us
5)d' estate — in (the) summer
6)una stanza di 2 metri per 3 — a room measuring 2 metres by 3
7)fermarsi di botto — to stop dead o suddenly
di cancro — to die of cancerdi burro — to spread with butterqc di sugo — to get sauce on sth8) (argomento) about, ofdel tempo — to talk about the weatherdi qc — to talk about sth9)(abbondanza, privazione)
pieno di — full ofdi carbone — poor in coaldi — lacking indi risorse naturali — rich in natural resources10) (paragone nei comparativi) than, (paragone nei superlativi) ofè meglio di me — he's better than me
11)ti chiedo di dirmi la verità — I beg you to tell me the truth
2. art partitivonon ho dei libri — I haven't any books, I have no books
c'erano delle persone che non conoscevo — there were some people I didn't know
* * *I [di]1) (appartenenza, possesso)l'auto di Paolo, di tuo fratello, dei miei genitori — Paolo's, your brother's, my parents' car
l'auto è di Paolo, di mio fratello — the car is Paolo's, my brother's, the car belongs to Paolo, to my brother
il Primo Ministro del Giappone — the Japanese Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of Japan
la riunione di lunedì, del 7 gennaio — Monday's meeting, the meeting on the 7th of January
3) (autore) byle opere di Dante — Dante's works, the works of Dante
4) (causa) with, formorire di cancro — to die of o from cancer
5) (materia) of, in6) (misura)un libro di 200 pagine — a 200-page book, a book 200 pages long o in length
un interesse del 5% — a 5% interest
7) (origine) from8) (argomento) aboutparlare di qcn., qcs. — to talk about sb., sth.
ridere di qcn. — to laugh at sb
alto di statura — tall of o in stature
di nascosto — out of sight, secretly
di notte — at night, by night
12) (in espressioni di moto, stato)è di sotto, di là — he's downstairs, in the next room
qualche cosa, niente di nuovo — something, nothing new
14) (con un infinito) to15) (nel comparativo) thanII [di]sostantivo maschile e sostantivo femminile invariabile (lettera) d, D* * *di2/di/m. e f.inv.(lettera) d, D. -
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1. prep ofcon il comparativo thandi ferro (made of) ironicio sono di Roma I'm from Romel'auto di mio padre my father's caruna tazza di caffè a cup of coffeedi giorno by dayparlare di politica talk about politicsd'estate in the summerdi questo passo at this ratedi chi è questo libro? whose is this book?, who does this book belong to?più bello di prettier than2. art someinterrogativo any, somedel vino some wine* * *di prep.1 ( specificazione) of: il calore del sole, the heat of the sun; l'inizio della primavera, the beginning of spring; il capo dei ribelli, the leader of the rebels (o the rebel leader); il profumo delle rose, the scent of roses; l'altezza di un edificio, the height of a building; la fine di un film, the end of a film; il centro della città, the centre of town (o the town centre); il senso dell'umorismo, a sense of humour; una folla di dimostranti, a crowd of demonstrators; una serie di errori, a series of mistakes; la furia degli elementi, the fury of the elements; i vetri della finestra, window panes; gli impiegati delle poste, post office workers; il canto degli uccelli, birdsong (o the song of birds)2 (specificazione con valore di possesso; in inglese si esprime spesso con il 'caso possessivo'): la casa di Sara, Sarah's house; il fratello di Giacomo, James's brother; il figlio dei Rossi, the Rossi's son; le odi del Carducci, Carducci's odes; la riunione di martedì, Tuesday's meeting; la coda del gatto, the cat's tail; la maniglia della porta, the door handle; la porta della cucina, the kitchen door3 ( partitivo) some, (in frasi interrogative, dubitative e negative) any: mangiammo del pane, we ate some bread; è uscita con dei conoscenti, she went out with some people she knew; abbiamo visto delle belle scarpe, we saw some nice shoes; c'è ancora del vino?, is there any wine left?; alcuni degli alunni, some of the pupils; ciascuno di noi, each of us4 (retta da nomi che indicano quantità, numero) of: un chilo di pane, a kilo of bread; una dozzina di uova, a dozen eggs; ci vuole un minimo di buon senso, it takes a bit of common sense; un po' di coraggio, some courage // niente di bello, di interessante, d'importante, nothing nice, interesting, important; qualcosa di nuovo, something new5 (denominazione; talvolta in inglese non si traduce) of: la città di Roma, the city of Rome; l'isola di Capri, the isle of Capri; il mese di febbraio, the month of February; una ragazza di colore, a coloured girl; il nome di Giovanni, the name John6 ( qualità, condizione) at, in, by: sano di corpo, healthy in body; buono d'animo, good at heart; conoscere qlcu. di nome, to know s.o. by name7 ( argomento) about, of: discutere di sport, to talk about sport; parlare bene di qlcu., to speak well of s.o.; un testo di chimica, a chemistry text; un film di spionaggio, a spy film8 ( appartenenza) by: un libro di Calvino, a book by Calvino; un film di Fellini, a film by Fellini; un'opera di Raffaello, a work by Raphael; una sinfonia di Mahler, a symphony by Mahler; una poesia di Montale, a poem by Montale; un'opera di Verdi, an opera by Verdi9 ( per introdurre un secondo termine di paragone) than (dopo compar.); of, in (dopo superl.): Marco è più alto di Giorgio, Mark is taller than George; è il più simpatico dei fratelli, he's the nicest of the brothers; la più grande città del Giappone, the biggest city in Japan; il fiume più lungo del mondo, the longest river in the world10 ( modo): essere di buon umore, to be in a good mood; bere tutto di un fiato, to drink it all in one gulp; ridere di cuore, to laugh heartily; sollevare di peso, to lift up bodily; andarsene di corsa, to rush off11 ( materia): una statua di marmo, a marble statue; una tavola di legno, a wooden table; una borsa di pelle, a leather handbag; una crostata di mele, an apple tart // un cuore d'oro, a heart of gold // un pugno di ferro, an iron fist // castelli di carta, castles in the air12 ( età, valore, misura): un bambino di 6 anni, a 6-year-old child (o a child of 6); un uomo di mezza età, a middle-aged man; un assegno di 500 euro, a cheque for 500 euros; un edificio di 10 piani, a 10-storey building; un circuito di mille metri, a thousand metre circuit; una distanza di 8 km, a distance of 8 kilometres (o 5 miles); una parete di 4 metri, a 4 metre-long wall (o a wall 4 metres long); un appartamento di 150 mq, a flat of 150 square metres13 ( causa) of, for, with: morire di sete, to die of thirst; piangere di gioia, to cry for joy; accusare di furto, to charge with theft; reo di omicidio, guilty of murder14 ( mezzo) with, on: ungere di burro, to grease with butter; cospargere di sale, to sprinkle with salt; campare del proprio stipendio, to live on one's own earnings; vivere di illusioni, to live on illusions15 ( moto da luogo, origine, provenienza, anche fig.) from; out of: uscire di casa, to go (o to come) out of the house (o to leave home); essere di Roma, to be (o to come) from Rome; di dove sei?, where are you from? (o where do you come from?); era di buona famiglia, (s)he was from a good family; allontanati di lì, get away from there; lontano di qui, a long way from here (o a long way off) // uscire di strada, to leave the road // mi cadde di mano, it slipped out of my hand // smontare di sella, to dismount16 ( tempo): di mattina, di sera, in the morning, in the evening; di notte, at night; d'inverno, d'estate, in winter, in summer; di sabato, on Saturday (s); una sera di ottobre, an October evening; un corso di 3 mesi, a three-month course; una lezione di un'ora, an hour-long lesson; una gita di 2 giorni, a two-day trip; una vacanza di un mese, a month's holiday // di recente, recently // di giorno in giorno, from day to day // di anno in anno, from year to year // di tanto in tanto, every now and then (o every so often)17 ( limitazione, privazione): duro d'orecchio, hard of hearing; essere debole di cuore, to have a weak heart; a corto di soldi, short of money; privo di mezzi, without means; mancare di esperienza, to be without experience18 ( destinazione, scopo): stanza di soggiorno, living-room; sala di lettura, reading room ∙ Come si nota dagli esempi, nei significati 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18 si usa spesso in inglese la forma aggettivale o avverbiale in luogo del compl. introdotto dalla prep. di19 (seguito da un verbo all'inf. in dipendenza da altro verbo): decidemmo di partire subito, we decided to leave at once; gli dissi di andarsene, I told him to go away; non avevo intenzione di offenderti, I didn't mean to offend you; credo di aver ragione, I believe I'm right; pensava di fare il medico, he thought of becoming a doctor20 (in unione con altra prep.): contro di lui, against him; dopo di te, after you; sopra, sotto di noi, above, below us; dietro di me, after (o behind) me21 (in unione con un avv.): di qua, over here (o on this side); di là, over there (o on that side); di dentro, inside; di fuori, outside.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: di certo, surely; di frequente, often; di rado, seldom; di nuovo, again; di solito, usually; del resto, besides, moreover; di gran lunga, by far // di male in peggio, from bad to worse // ne ha combinati di guai, he caused a lot of trouble // dire di sì, di no, to say yes, no // credere di sì, di no, to think so, not.di s.f. o m. letter D.* * *[di] di + il = del, di + lo = dello, di + l' = dell', di + la = della, di + i = dei, di + gli = degli, di + le = delle1. prep1) (possesso) of, (composto da, scritto da) byla macchina del mio amico/dei miei amici — my friend's/friends' car
la figlia dell'amica di mia madre — the daughter of my mother's friend, my mother's friend's daughter
l'ultimo libro di Umberto Eco — Umberto Eco's latest book, the latest book by Umberto Eco
2) (specificazione, denominazione) ofil professore d'inglese — the English teacher, the teacher of English
3)una casa di mattoni — a brick house, a house made of brick(s)
4) (provenienza) from, out of, (posizione) in, onuscire di casa — to come out of o leave the house
i negozi di Milano — the Milan shops, the shops in Milan
i vicini del piano di sopra — the upstairs neighbours, the people who live on the floor above us
5)d' estate — in (the) summer
6)una stanza di 2 metri per 3 — a room measuring 2 metres by 3
7)fermarsi di botto — to stop dead o suddenly
di cancro — to die of cancerdi burro — to spread with butterqc di sugo — to get sauce on sth8) (argomento) about, ofdel tempo — to talk about the weatherdi qc — to talk about sth9)(abbondanza, privazione)
pieno di — full ofdi carbone — poor in coaldi — lacking indi risorse naturali — rich in natural resources10) (paragone nei comparativi) than, (paragone nei superlativi) ofè meglio di me — he's better than me
11)ti chiedo di dirmi la verità — I beg you to tell me the truth
2. art partitivonon ho dei libri — I haven't any books, I have no books
c'erano delle persone che non conoscevo — there were some people I didn't know
* * *I [di]1) (appartenenza, possesso)l'auto di Paolo, di tuo fratello, dei miei genitori — Paolo's, your brother's, my parents' car
l'auto è di Paolo, di mio fratello — the car is Paolo's, my brother's, the car belongs to Paolo, to my brother
il Primo Ministro del Giappone — the Japanese Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of Japan
la riunione di lunedì, del 7 gennaio — Monday's meeting, the meeting on the 7th of January
3) (autore) byle opere di Dante — Dante's works, the works of Dante
4) (causa) with, formorire di cancro — to die of o from cancer
5) (materia) of, in6) (misura)un libro di 200 pagine — a 200-page book, a book 200 pages long o in length
un interesse del 5% — a 5% interest
7) (origine) from8) (argomento) aboutparlare di qcn., qcs. — to talk about sb., sth.
ridere di qcn. — to laugh at sb
alto di statura — tall of o in stature
di nascosto — out of sight, secretly
di notte — at night, by night
12) (in espressioni di moto, stato)è di sotto, di là — he's downstairs, in the next room
qualche cosa, niente di nuovo — something, nothing new
14) (con un infinito) to15) (nel comparativo) thanII [di]sostantivo maschile e sostantivo femminile invariabile (lettera) d, D* * *dì/di/m.inv.lett. day.
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