dimando

dimando

See also: dimandò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈman.do/
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: di‧màn‧do

Etymology 1

From dimandare, from Latin dēmandāre, active infinitive form of dēmandō (“to entrust, commit”).

Noun

dimando m (plural dimandi) (archaic)

1. inquiry, interrogation, question
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, p. 162, vv. 124-126:

     Elli si mosse; e poi, così andando, ¶ mi disse: «Perché se' tu sì smarrito?». ¶ E io li soddisfeci al suo dimando.

     He moved along; and afterward thus going, ¶ he said to me: "Why art thou so bewildered?". ¶ And I in his inquiry satisfied him.

2. plea, entreaty, request
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XV, p. 228, vv. 79-81:

     «Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando», ¶ rispuos'io lui, «voi non sareste ancora ¶ de l'umana natura posto in bando; [...]»

     «If my entreaty wholly were fulfilled», ¶ replied I to him, «not yet would you be ¶ in banishment from human nature placed; [...]»

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dimando

1. first-person singular present indicative of dimandare

Anagrams

• dandomi, domandi