divizia
See also: Di Vizia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvitia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈvit.t͡sja/
- Rhymes: -ittsja
- Hyphenation: di‧vì‧zia
Noun
divizia f (plural divizie)
- (obsolete, literary) abundance
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXII, page 332:
- Ond'ei, ch'avea lacciuoli a gran divizia, ¶ rispuose: «Malizioso son io troppo, ¶ quand'io procuro a' mia maggior trestizia».
- Whence he, who snares in great abundance had, ¶ responded: «I by far too cunning am, ¶ when I procure for mine a greater sadness.»
- (in the plural) riches, wealth
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