fronte

Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”).

inh+

(poetry, prosody) the two initial quatrains of an Italian sonnet


quaderno

From Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).


terza rima

(poetry) terza rima (arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc)


muta

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) + -a.

(poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet


cesura

Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra (“cut”).


sestina

→ English: sestina

(poetry) a six-line stanza, sestet, sestina, sextain


villanelle

Borrowed from French, from Italian villanella.


lassa

From French laisse, from laisser (“to leave”), from Old French laissier, from Latin laxāre (“to expand, make wide”).


sonetto

Borrowed from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).


-ne

Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno
li Colchi del monton privati féne.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 86–87; 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:

That is Jason, who, through courage and wits, deprived the Colchians of the fleece.

La prima, che omo trovarao alcuna cosa scritta la quale se revederao avenire in simile, donne conoscerao che·llo ditto de Salamone ène vero. Dice Salamone: «Non è cosa nova sotto lo sole, ché cosa che pare nova stata è».

1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo dove se demostra le rascione per le quale questa opera fatta fu [Preface and first chapter wherein the reason for which this work was made is shown]”, in Cronica [Chronicle]; republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

The first one [reason] is that somebody will find in writing something which will be seen happening again in the same way; then, they will learn that Solomon's saying is true. Solomon says: "There are no new things under the sun, for a thing that appears new has [already] been".

(obsolete, chiefly poetry, now only dialectal) an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone


scansione

(literature, poetry) scansion (rhythm or meter of a line or verse)


metrica

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετρική (metrikḗ); feminine substantive of metrico.

(music, poetry, etc.) metric (all senses)


scandire

it-verb

scandìre (first-person singular present scandìsco, first-person singular past historic scandìi, past participle scandìto, auxiliary avére)

scandìre (canonical)
scandìsco (first-person present singular)
scandìi (first-person historic past singular)
scandìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scandìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scandèndo (gerund)
scandènte (participle present)
scandìto (participle past)
scandìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
scandìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
scandìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scandìte (indicative plural present second-person)
scandìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
scandìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scandìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scandìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scandivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scandivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scandìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scandìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scandìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scandì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scandìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scandìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scandìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scandirò (first-person future indicative singular)
scandirài (future indicative second-person singular)
scandirà (future indicative singular third-person)
scandirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scandiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scandirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scandirèi (conditional first-person singular)
scandirésti (conditional second-person singular)
scandirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
scandirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
scandirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
scandiréste (conditional plural second-person)
scandirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
scandirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
scandìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scandìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scandìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scandiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scandìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scandìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scandìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scandìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scandìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scandìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scandìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scandìsci (imperative second-person singular)
scandìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scandìte (imperative plural second-person)
scandìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scandìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scandìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scandìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scandìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin scandō (“to climb, ascend”), from *skend- (“to jump”).

(poetry) to scan (to mark to show meter)


astrofico

it-adj

astrofico (feminine astrofica, masculine plural astrofici, feminine plural astrofiche)

astrofica (feminine)
astrofici (masculine plural)
astrofiche (feminine plural)


sirima

(poetry, prosody) the two final tercets of an Italian sonnet


sirma

(poetry) the two final tercets of an Italian sonnet


stornello

(poetry) a type of lyric poem or folk song


acatalettico

acatalettico (feminine acatalettica, masculine plural acatalettici, feminine plural acatalettiche)

acatalettica (feminine)
acatalettici (masculine plural)
acatalettiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin acatalēcticus, derived from catalēcticus.


antistrofe

antistrofi (plural)
antistrofa (alternative)

Borrowed from Late Latin antistrophe, antistropha, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”). By surface analysis, anti- + strofe.

der

(Ancient Greece, poetry, theater) antistrophe


coriambico

it-adj

coriambico (feminine coriambica, masculine plural coriambici, feminine plural coriambiche)

coriambica (feminine)
coriambici (masculine plural)
coriambiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin choriambĭcus, from Ancient Greek χοριαμβικός (khoriambikós). By surface analysis, coriambo + -ico.


egloga

Borrowed from Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”), derived from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”).


melica

(poetry) Ellipsis of poesia melica (“melic poetry”).


itifallico

it-adj

itifallico (feminine itifallica, masculine plural itifallici, feminine plural itifalliche)

itifallica (feminine)
itifallici (masculine plural)
itifalliche (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), derived from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος (īthŭ́phallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of, pertaining to”, relational adjective suffix).

af

(poetry) (of a poem) ithyphallic (having a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee)


villancico

Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


peone

From Latin paeōn, from Ancient Greek παιών (paiṓn), variant of παιάν (paián) (cfr. peana).


acataletto

it-adj

acataletto (feminine acataletta, masculine plural acataletti, feminine plural acatalette)

acataletta (feminine)
acataletti (masculine plural)
acatalette (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin acatalēctus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos, “leaving off”).


ottava rima

(poetry) ottava rima (arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc)


sonetto petrarchesco

it-noun

sonetto petrarchesco m (plural sonetti petrarcheschi)

Named after Italian scholar, poet and humanist Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), who did not invent but made large use of this form in his authorship.


petrarcheggiare

it-verb

petrarcheggiàre (first-person singular present petrarchéggio, first-person singular past historic petrarcheggiài, past participle petrarcheggiàto, auxiliary avére)

petrarcheggiàre (canonical)
petrarchéggio (first-person present singular)
petrarcheggiài (first-person historic past singular)
petrarcheggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
petrarcheggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
petrarcheggiàndo (gerund)
petrarcheggiànte (participle present)
petrarcheggiàto (participle past)
petrarchéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
petrarchéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
petrarchéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
petrarcheggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
petrarchéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
petrarcheggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
petrarcheggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
petrarcheggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
petrarcheggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
petrarcheggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
petrarcheggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
petrarcheggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
petrarcheggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
petrarcheggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
petrarcheggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
petrarcheggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
petrarcheggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
petrarcheggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
petrarcheggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
petrarcheggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
petrarcheggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
petrarcheggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
petrarcheggerèi (conditional first-person singular)
petrarcheggerésti (conditional second-person singular)
petrarcheggerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
petrarcheggerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
petrarcheggerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
petrarcheggeréste (conditional plural second-person)
petrarcheggerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
petrarcheggerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
petrarchéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
petrarchéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
petrarchéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
petrarchéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
petrarchéggia (imperative second-person singular)
petrarchéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
petrarcheggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
petrarchéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
petrarcheggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
petrarchéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
petrarcheggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
petrarchéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix).

affix

(intransitive, poetry) to write according to the Petrarchan style; to imitate Petrarch's poetry; to Petrarchize


digiambo

Borrowed from Late Latin diiambus, from Ancient Greek διίαμβος (diíambos), derived from δι- (di-, “two”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iambus”).


elegiambo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγίαμβος (elegíambos), compound of ἔλεγος (élegos, “elegy”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iambus”).

compound

(poetry) a metrical foot in verse consisting of two dactyls and three trochees (¯˘˘¯˘˘¯˘¯˘¯˘)


meliambo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελίαμβος (melíambos).

bor+

(poetry) a composition that mixes iambic verses with dactylic verses


galliambo

Borrowed from Latin galliambus, from Ancient Greek γαλλιαμβικόν (μέτρον) (galliambikón (métron)).

der

γαλλιαμβικόν (μέτρον)


pentastico

it-adj

pentastico (feminine pentastica, masculine plural pentastici, feminine plural pentastiche)

pentastica (feminine)
pentastici (masculine plural)
pentastiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάστιχος (pentástikhos).

bor+

(poetry, uncommon) consisting of five verses


rima baciata

(poetry) an AABB rhyme scheme wherein a line rhymes with the following one


monometro

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μονόμετρος (monómetros).


monostico

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). By surface analysis, mono- + -stico.


polimetro

it-adj

polimetro (feminine polimetra, masculine plural polimetri, feminine plural polimetre)

polimetra (feminine)
polimetri (masculine plural)
polimetre (feminine plural)


tristico

tristico (feminine tristica, masculine plural tristici, feminine plural tristiche)

tristica (feminine)
tristici (masculine plural)
tristiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίστιχος (trístikhos), derived from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line, series”).

bor+

(poetry) consisting of three lines (of a stanza)


falecio

faleci (masculine plural)
faleceo (alternative)
faleucio (alternative rare)
faleuco (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Latin phalaecius, phalaecēus, phaleucius, phalaecus [versus], from Ancient Greek φαλαίκειον [μέτρον] (phalaíkeion [métron]).

der

φαλαίκειον 􂀿μέτρον􂁀

(poetry) being hendecasyllabic, and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees (of a verse)


falecio

faleci (plural)
faleceo (alternative)
faleucio (alternative rare)
faleuco (alternative rare)

φαλαίκειον 􂀿μέτρον􂁀

( poetry) a hendecasyllabic verse, consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees


cherileo

(poetry) a metre consisting of a catalectic hexameter


difilio

Borrowed from Latin Dīphilius, derived from the proper name of Athenian comic poet Dīphilus, from Ancient Greek Δίφιλος (Díphilos).