dannaggio

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French damage, Old Occitan damnatge, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, derived from Latin damnum (“damage”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /danˈnad.d͡ʒo/
  • Stress: dannàggio
  • Hyphenation: dan‧nag‧gio

Noun

dannaggio m (plural dannaggi)

  1. (obsolete) damage, harm
    Synonym: danno
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXX, lines 136–141, page 448–449:
      Qual è colui che suo dannaggio sogna, ¶ che sognando desidera sognare, ¶ sì che quel ch’è, come non fosse, agogna, ¶ tal mi fec’ io, non possendo parlare, ¶ che disïava scusarmi, e scusava ¶ me tuttavia, e nol mi credea fare.
      And as he is who dreams of his own harm, who dreaming wishes it may be a dream, so that he craves what is, as if it were not; such I became, not having power to speak, for to excuse myself I wished, and still excused myself, and did not think I did it.

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