ancoi
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian ancoi, from Old Occitan ancoi, derived from an unknown term + Latin hodiē (“today”). Compare Ligurian ancheu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈkɔj/
- Rhymes: -ɔj
- Hyphenation: an‧còi
Adverb
ancoi
- (obsolete, Venice) today, nowadays
- Synonym: oggi
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XIII”, in Purgatorio, lines 52–54:
- Non credo che per terra vada ancoi
omo sì duro, che non fosse punto
per compassion di quel ch'i' vidi poi- I do not think there's anyone today walking the earth, hardened enough to not be pierced by compassion at what I saw afterwards
Further reading
- ancoi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Caino, acino, ciano, ciano-, conia, icona, oncia
Venetian
Alternative forms
- anco', ancuo, onco’
Etymology
Compare Italian oggi
Adverb
ancoi
- today
Noun
ancoi m (invariable)
- today