requiem

From Latin requiem [aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine] (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).


morire

Et sachiez que Jehans vesqui quatre-vint dis-nuef anz; lors entra il en sa sepulture, et se coucha touz vis autressi comme en un lit

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260s], “Di santo Giovanni apostolo e vangelista [Of saint John, apostle and evangelist]” (chapter 7), Libro II [Book 2], in anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou tresor [Book of the treasure] by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro di Brunetto Latini, volume 1, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 249:

And know that he lived ninety-nine years. And, when he came to death, he entered the grave alive. And he laid himself there as if on a bed.

L’animo mio, per disdegnoso gusto,
credendo col morir fuggir disdegno,
ingiusto fece me contra me giusto.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 70–72; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

My soul, with contemptuous desire, believing to escape scorn through death, made me—a just one—unjust against myself.


uccidere

it-verb

uccìdere (first-person singular present uccìdo, first-person singular past historic uccìsi, past participle uccìso, auxiliary avére)

uccìdere (canonical)
uccìdo (first-person present singular)
uccìsi (first-person historic past singular)
uccìso (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
uccìdere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
uccidèndo (gerund)
uccidènte (participle present)
uccìso (participle past)
uccìdo (first-person indicative present singular)
uccìdi (indicative present second-person singular)
uccìde (indicative present singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
uccidéte (indicative plural present second-person)
uccìdono (indicative plural present third-person)
uccidévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
uccidévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
uccidéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
uccidevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
uccidevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
uccidévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
uccìsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
uccidésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
uccìse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
uccidémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
uccidéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
uccìsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ucciderò (first-person future indicative singular)
ucciderài (future indicative second-person singular)
ucciderà (future indicative singular third-person)
ucciderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
uccideréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ucciderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ucciderèi (conditional first-person singular)
ucciderésti (conditional second-person singular)
ucciderèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
ucciderébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ucciderémmo (conditional first-person plural)
uccideréste (conditional plural second-person)
ucciderèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
ucciderébbero (conditional plural third-person)
uccìda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
uccìda (present second-person singular subjunctive)
uccìda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
uccidiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
uccìdano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
uccidéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
uccidéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
uccidésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
uccidéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
uccidéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
uccidéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
uccìdi (imperative second-person singular)
uccìda (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
uccidéte (imperative plural second-person)
uccìdano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
uccìdere (imperative negative second-person singular)
uccìda (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
uccidéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
uccìdano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Old Italian occidere, from Latin occīdō (“to kill, slay”). Compare Romanian ucide.

il fumo uccide


ammazzare

ammazzàre (first-person singular present ammàzzo, first-person singular past historic ammazzài, past participle ammazzàto, auxiliary avére)

ammazzàre (canonical)
ammàzzo (first-person present singular)
ammazzài (first-person historic past singular)
ammazzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
ammazzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
ammazzàndo (gerund)
ammazzànte (participle present)
ammazzàto (participle past)
ammàzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
ammàzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
ammàzza (indicative present singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
ammazzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
ammàzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
ammazzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ammazzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ammazzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ammazzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ammazzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ammazzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ammazzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ammazzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ammazzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ammazzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ammazzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ammazzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ammazzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
ammazzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
ammazzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
ammazzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
ammazzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ammazzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ammazzerèi (conditional first-person singular)
ammazzerésti (conditional second-person singular)
ammazzerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
ammazzerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ammazzerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
ammazzeréste (conditional plural second-person)
ammazzerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
ammazzerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
ammàzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ammàzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ammàzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ammazziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ammàzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ammazzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ammazzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ammazzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ammazzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ammazzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ammazzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ammàzza (imperative second-person singular)
ammàzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
ammazzàte (imperative plural second-person)
ammàzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ammazzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
ammàzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
ammazzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
ammàzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Probably from a- + mazza (“club, baton”) + -are, or alternatively possibly related to Latin mactāre, through a Vulgar Latin root *mactiāre, although this is less likely. Compare Sicilian ammazzari, Spanish mazar, Portuguese maçar, Occitan massar, Romansch mazzar, Venetan masar, Friulian maçâ, Istriot masà. See also archaic Italian mattare.

Tu mi stavi ammazzando / Tu mi stavi ammazzando con amore.

1973, “Buonanotte Fratello”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

You were killing me / You were killing me with love.


bara

Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

bor+

e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.

1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.

bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)


omicidio

omicidi (plural)
homicidio (alternative obsolete)
micidio (alternative obsolete)


negromanzia

negromanzie (plural)
necromanzia (alternative)

From Latin necromantīa (with influence from negro), from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).

der

νεκρομαντεία


coccodrillo

→ Maltese: kukkudrill

Inherited from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


suicidio

Borrowed from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (“oneself”) and -cīdium (“-cide”).


eccidio

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin excidium (“demolition, destruction”), from exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”).

slbor

massacre, mass murder, slaughter, carnage


assassinare

it-verb

assassinàre (first-person singular present assassìno, first-person singular past historic assassinài, past participle assassinàto, auxiliary avére)

assassinàre (canonical)
assassìno (first-person present singular)
assassinài (first-person historic past singular)
assassinàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
assassinàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
assassinàndo (gerund)
assassinànte (participle present)
assassinàto (participle past)
assassìno (first-person indicative present singular)
assassìni (indicative present second-person singular)
assassìna (indicative present singular third-person)
assassiniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
assassinàte (indicative plural present second-person)
assassìnano (indicative plural present third-person)
assassinàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
assassinàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
assassinàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
assassinavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
assassinavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
assassinàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
assassinài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
assassinàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
assassinò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
assassinàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
assassinàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
assassinàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
assassinerò (first-person future indicative singular)
assassinerài (future indicative second-person singular)
assassinerà (future indicative singular third-person)
assassinerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
assassineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
assassinerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
assassinerèi (conditional first-person singular)
assassinerésti (conditional second-person singular)
assassinerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
assassinerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
assassinerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
assassineréste (conditional plural second-person)
assassinerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
assassinerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
assassìni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
assassìni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
assassìni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
assassiniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
assassiniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
assassìnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
assassinàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
assassinàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
assassinàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
assassinàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
assassinàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
assassinàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
assassìna (imperative second-person singular)
assassìni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
assassiniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
assassinàte (imperative plural second-person)
assassìnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
assassinàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
assassìni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
assassiniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
assassinàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
assassìnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive) to murder, to kill, to assassinate, to massacre


giustiziare

giustiziàre (first-person singular present giustìzio, first-person singular past historic giustiziài, past participle giustiziàto, auxiliary avére)

giustiziàre (canonical)
giustìzio (first-person present singular)
giustiziài (first-person historic past singular)
giustiziàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
giustiziàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
giustiziàndo (gerund)
giustiziànte (participle present)
giustiziàto (participle past)
giustìzio (first-person indicative present singular)
giustìzi (indicative present second-person singular)
giustìzia (indicative present singular third-person)
giustiziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
giustiziàte (indicative plural present second-person)
giustìziano (indicative plural present third-person)
giustiziàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
giustiziàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
giustiziàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
giustiziavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
giustiziavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
giustiziàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
giustiziài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
giustiziàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
giustiziò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
giustiziàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
giustiziàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
giustiziàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
giustizierò (first-person future indicative singular)
giustizierài (future indicative second-person singular)
giustizierà (future indicative singular third-person)
giustizierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
giustizieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
giustizierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
giustizierèi (conditional first-person singular)
giustizierésti (conditional second-person singular)
giustizierèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
giustizierébbe (conditional singular third-person)
giustizierémmo (conditional first-person plural)
giustizieréste (conditional plural second-person)
giustizierèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
giustizierébbero (conditional plural third-person)
giustìzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
giustìzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
giustìzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
giustiziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
giustiziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
giustìzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
giustiziàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
giustiziàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
giustiziàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
giustiziàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
giustiziàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
giustiziàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
giustìzia (imperative second-person singular)
giustìzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
giustiziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
giustiziàte (imperative plural second-person)
giustìzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
giustiziàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
giustìzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
giustiziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
giustiziàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
giustìzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From giustizia (“justice”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).


salma

From Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet soma (“load, burden”).


mortifero

it-adj

mortifero (feminine mortifera, masculine plural mortiferi, feminine plural mortifere)

mortifera (feminine)
mortiferi (masculine plural)
mortifere (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin mortifer, mortiferus, derived from mors (“death”) + -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”), originally a calque of Ancient Greek θᾰνᾰτηφόρος (thănătēphóros, “deadly, lethal”, literally “death-bearing”). By surface analysis, morte + -ifero.


pompe funebri

funeral service, funeral home, funeral parlor (business that provides funeral services)


bagno di sangue

it-noun

bagno di sangue m (plural bagni di sangue)


camera mortuaria

camera mortuaria f (plural camere mortuarie)


cassa da morto

cassa da morto f (plural casse da morto)

Pirate Song in Treasure Island
Quindici uomini sulla cassa da morto. Yo-ho-ho, e una bottiglia di rum.

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest. Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.


necrofobia

From necro- (“necro-”, “death”) + -fobia (“-phobia”, “fear”).


lasciarci le cuoia

it-verb

lasciàrci le cuoia (pronominal, first-person singular present ci làscio le cuoia, first-person singular past historic ci lasciài le cuoia, past participle lasciàtoci le cuoia, auxiliary avére)

lasciàrci le cuoia (canonical)
ci làscio le cuoia (first-person present singular)
ci lasciài le cuoia (first-person historic past singular)
lasciàtoci le cuoia (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

(intransitive, idiomatic) to bite the dust, to give up the ghost, to kick the bucket


estrema unzione

it-noun

estrema unzione f (plural estreme unzioni)


causa di morte

causa di morte f (plural cause di morte)


meiocardia

(pathology, cardiology) maximum decrease in volume of the heart cavity, coinciding with the end of systole


estremo saluto

estremo saluto m (plural estremi saluti)

Romeo si procura un veleno con l'intento di dare l'estremo saluto alla sua sposa e togliersi la vita.

Romeo gets a poison with the intent of paying his last respects to his bride and taking his own life.

respects, last farewell (following death)


mazzare

it-verb

mazzàre (first-person singular present màzzo, first-person singular past historic mazzài, past participle mazzàto, auxiliary avére)

mazzàre (canonical)
màzzo (first-person present singular)
mazzài (first-person historic past singular)
mazzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
mazzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
mazzàndo (gerund)
mazzànte (participle present)
mazzàto (participle past)
màzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
màzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
màzza (indicative present singular third-person)
mazziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
mazzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
màzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
mazzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mazzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mazzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mazzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mazzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mazzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mazzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
mazzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
mazzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
mazzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
mazzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
mazzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mazzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
mazzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
mazzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
mazzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
mazzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
mazzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mazzerèi (conditional first-person singular)
mazzerésti (conditional second-person singular)
mazzerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
mazzerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
mazzerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
mazzeréste (conditional plural second-person)
mazzerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
mazzerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
màzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
màzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
màzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mazziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mazziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
màzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mazzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mazzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mazzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mazzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mazzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mazzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
màzza (imperative second-person singular)
màzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mazziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
mazzàte (imperative plural second-person)
màzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
mazzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
màzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mazziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
mazzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
màzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(archaic or regional, southern Italy) alternative form of ammazzare (“to kill, murder”)


lasciarci la pelle

lasciàrci la pelle (pronominal, first-person singular present ci làscio la pelle, first-person singular past historic ci lasciài la pelle, past participle lasciàtoci la pelle, auxiliary avére)

lasciàrci la pelle (canonical)
ci làscio la pelle (first-person present singular)
ci lasciài la pelle (first-person historic past singular)
lasciàtoci la pelle (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

(idiomatic) to bite the dust, to give up the ghost, to kick the bucket


lasciarci le penne

lasciàrci le penne (pronominal, first-person singular present ci làscio le penne, first-person singular past historic ci lasciài le penne, past participle lasciàtoci le penne, auxiliary avére)

lasciàrci le penne (canonical)
ci làscio le penne (first-person present singular)
ci lasciài le penne (first-person historic past singular)
lasciàtoci le penne (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

Literally, “to leave the feathers there”.


passare a miglior vita

it-verb

passàre a miglior vita (first-person singular present pàsso a miglior vita, first-person singular past historic passài a miglior vita, past participle passàto a miglior vita, auxiliary avére)

passàre a miglior vita (canonical)
pàsso a miglior vita (first-person present singular)
passài a miglior vita (first-person historic past singular)
passàto a miglior vita (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

(intransitive, euphemistic) to pass, to pass away


andare agli alberi pizzuti

andàre agli alberi pizzuti (first-person singular present vàdo agli alberi pizzuti, first-person singular past historic andài agli alberi pizzuti, past participle andàto agli alberi pizzuti, first-person singular future andrò agli alberi pizzuti, first-person singular subjunctive vàda agli alberi pizzuti, second-person singular imperative vài agli alberi pizzuti or và' agli alberi pizzuti, auxiliary èssere)

andàre agli alberi pizzuti (canonical)
vàdo agli alberi pizzuti (first-person present singular)
andài agli alberi pizzuti (first-person historic past singular)
andàto agli alberi pizzuti (participle past)
andrò agli alberi pizzuti (first-person future singular)
vàda agli alberi pizzuti (first-person singular subjunctive)
vài agli alberi pizzuti (imperative second-person singular)
và' agli alberi pizzuti (imperative second-person singular)
èssere (auxiliary)

Literally, “to go to the peaked trees [cypresses]”, due to their widespread presence in burial grounds.


andare all'altro mondo

it-verb

andàre all'altro mondo (first-person singular present vàdo all'altro mondo, first-person singular past historic andài all'altro mondo, past participle andàto all'altro mondo, first-person singular future andrò all'altro mondo, first-person singular subjunctive vàda all'altro mondo, second-person singular imperative vài all'altro mondo or và' all'altro mondo, auxiliary èssere)

andàre all' altro mondo (canonical)
vàdo all' altro mondo (first-person present singular)
andài all' altro mondo (first-person historic past singular)
andàto all' altro mondo (participle past)
andrò all' altro mondo (first-person future singular)
vàda all' altro mondo (first-person singular subjunctive)
vài all' altro mondo (imperative second-person singular)
và' all' altro mondo (imperative second-person singular)
èssere (auxiliary)


volare in cielo

volàre in cielo (first-person singular present vólo in cielo, first-person singular past historic volài in cielo, past participle volàto in cielo, auxiliary èssere)

volàre in cielo (canonical)
vólo in cielo (first-person present singular)
volài in cielo (first-person historic past singular)
volàto in cielo (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)