ulto

English

Adverb

ulto (not comparable)

  1. Contraction of ultimo (of last month).

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultus, past participle of ulcīscor (I avenge; I take vengeance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈul.to/, [ˈul̪t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Hyphenation: ùl‧to

Participle

ulto m (feminine singular ulta, masculine plural ulti, feminine plural ulte)

  1. (poetic) avenged, revenged
    Synonym: vendicato
    Antonym: inulto (literary)
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XLI, page 190:
      Per queſto tardi uendicato, & ulto ¶ Fia da la moglie e da la ſua ſorella
      That is why he will be avenged and revenged late, by his wife and sister
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 162:
      [] ne’ campi memori ¶ De la clade che ancora ulta non fu ¶ Scenda a pugnar con impeto ¶ D’odio maturo l’itala virtú
      in the fields mindful of the bloodshed still not avenged, may the Italian virtue come to fight with the force of mature hatred

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Latin

Participle

ultō

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