pranso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prānsus, perfect passive participle of prandeō (I eat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpran.so/, [ˈpr̺än̪s̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Stress: prànso
  • Hyphenation: pran‧so

Adjective

pranso (feminine singular pransa, masculine plural pransi, feminine plural pranse)

  1. (literary, archaic) fed, sated
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXVIII, lines 76–78, page 416:
      Quali si stanno ruminando manse ¶ le capre, state rapide e proterve ¶ sovra le cime avante che sien pranse
      Even as in ruminating passive grow the goats, who have been swift and venturesome upon the mountain-tops ere they were fed
    Synonym: sazio

Latin

Participle

prānsō

  1. dative masculine singular of prānsus
  2. dative neuter singular of prānsus
  3. ablative masculine singular of prānsus
  4. ablative neuter singular of prānsus
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