scimia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sīmia, from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃimja/, [ˈʃiː.mjä]
  • Hyphenation: scì‧mia

Noun

scimia f (plural scimie)

  1. Archaic form of scimmia.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 436, vv. 136-139:
      «[...] vedrai ch'io son l'ombra di Capocchio, ¶ che falsai li metalli con l'alchimia; ¶ e te dee ricordar, se ben t'adocchio, ¶ com'io fui di natura buona scimia.»
      «[...] thou shalt see I am Capocchio's shade ¶ who metals falsified by alchemy; ¶ thou must remember, if I well descry thee, ¶ how I a skilful ape of nature was.»
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