ingiuria
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒu.rja/
- Rhymes: -urja
- Hyphenation: in‧giù‧ria
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin iniūria.
Noun
ingiuria f (plural ingiurie)
- (archaic) injury, injustice, wrong
- Synonyms: insulto, affronto
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XI, lines 22–24, page 167:
- D'ogne malizia, ch'odio in cielo acquista, ¶ ingiuria è 'l fine, ed ogne fin cotale ¶ o con forza o con frode altrui contrista.
- Of every malice that wins hate in Heaven, ¶ injury is the end; and all such end ¶ either by force or fraud afflicteth others.
- (law) offence/offense
- Synonyms: torto, ingiustizia, danno
- (literary) insult, abuse, affront
- Synonym: offesa
Related terms
- ingiuriante
- ingiuriare
- ingiuriato
- ingiuriatore
- ingiurioso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ingiuria
- inflection of ingiuriare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative