sermone
See also: Sermone
Italian
Alternative forms
- sermo (archaic)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sermōnem (“conversation; speech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /serˈmo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: ser‧mó‧ne
Noun
sermone m (plural sermoni)
- (archaic) language, speech
- Synonyms: lingua, linguaggio
- 14th century, Petrarch, “Sonetto XL — S’Amore o Morte non dà qualche stroppio”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–9:
- i’ farò forse un mio lavor sí doppio
tra lo stil de’ moderni e ’l sermon prisco,
che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco,
infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.- Perhaps I will create a double work in modern style but with ancient language, so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.
- 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 17:
- Misere labbra, che temprar non sanno
Con le Galliche grazie il sermon nostro- Bleak lips, that know not how to soften our language through the Gaulish graces
- speech (act of speaking); the words uttered in speech
- Synonym: parlare
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno, lines 136–138:
- Quando 'l maestro fu sovr'esso fermo,
disse: «Chi fosti, che per tante punte
soffi con sangue doloroso sermo?- When near him had the Master stayed his steps, he said: "Who were you, that through so many wounds are blowing out with blood your dolorous speech?"
- early 16th century, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 31”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 51:
- e venne con Grifon, con Aquilante
[…]
a cheti passi e senza alcun sermone.- He came with Gryphon and with Aquilant, with stealthy pace and without speaking.
- (literary) sermon, lecture
- Synonym: orazione
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto VIII”, in Paradiso, lines 145–148:
- Ma voi torcete a la religïone
tal che fia nato a cignersi la spada,
e fate re di tal ch'è da sermone;
onde la traccia vostra è fuor di strada- But you unto religion wrench aside him who was born to gird him with the sword, and make a king of him who is for sermons; therefore your footsteps wander from the road
- speech (act of speaking); the words uttered in speech
- (literary) poetic work with moralistic and didascalic features
Derived terms
- sermoneggiare
Related terms
- sermonare
- sermonatore
- sermoncino
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /serˈmoː.ne/, [s̠ɛrˈmoːnɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /serˈmo.ne/, [serˈmɔːne]
Noun
sermōne
- ablative singular of sermō
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman sermun.
Noun
sermone
- Alternative form of sermoun
Etymology 2
From Old French sermoner.
Verb
sermone
- Alternative form of sermonen