vosco
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin vōscum, from Latin vōbiscum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.sko/
- Rhymes: -ɔsko
- Hyphenation: vò‧sco
Preposition
vosco (poetic, archaic)
- with you (plural)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XVI, page 243, lines 139–141:
- Per altro sopranome io nol conosco,
s'io nol togliessi da sua figlia Gaia.
Dio sia con voi, ché più non vegno vosco.- By other surname do I know him not,
unless I take it from his daughter Gaia.
May God be with you, for I come no farther.
- By other surname do I know him not,
- 1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro II”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, collected in Poesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1988, section 16:
- tosto prendete ognun l'arco e lo strale,
di Marte el dolce ardor sen venga vosco.- Each of you quickly take a bow and arrow,
let the sweet ardor of Mars go with you.
- Each of you quickly take a bow and arrow,
Further reading
- vosco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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