costui
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu istūi, for Latin eccum istī, dative singular of iste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈstui/
Pronoun
costui m (f costei, pl costoro, demonstrative)
- (literary, used to indicate a person close to the speaker) he, him; this man
- 1911, Giovanni Diodatti, Il Nuovo Testamento del Nostro Signore e Salvatore Gesù Cristo, San Giovanni 7:25, page 247:
- Non è costui quel ch'essi cercan di uccidere?
- Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?
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Usage notes
- The pronouns costui, costei, and costoro are often pejorative.
Related terms
- colui
- lui
Anagrams
- scuoti
- uscito