auso
See also: ausò
Gothic
Romanization
ausō
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉
Italian
Etymology 1
A Dantean Latinism, learnedly borrowed from Latin ausus, perfect passive participle of audeō (“I dare”). Doublet of oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.zo/
- Rhymes: -awzo
- Hyphenation: àu‧so
Participle
auso (feminine ausa, masculine plural ausi, feminine plural ause)
- (literary, archaic) bold, daring
- Synonym: osato
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, lines 61–66, page 571:
- Lo rege per cui questo regno pausa ¶ in tanto amore e in tanto diletto, ¶ che nulla volontà è di più ausa, ¶ le menti tutte nel suo lieto aspetto ¶ creando, a suo piacer di grazia dota ¶ diversamente; e qui basti l'effetto.
- The king, by means of whom this realm rests in so great love and in so great delight that no will has dared asking for more, in his own joyous aspect every mind creating, at his pleasure endows with grace diversely; and let here the effect suffice.
Related terms
- audace
- osare
- oso
References
- auso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈu.zo/
- Rhymes: -uzo
- Hyphenation: a‧ù‧so
Verb
auso
- first-person singular present indicative of ausare
Anagrams
- uosa
Latin
Participle
ausō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ausus
Verb
ausō
- (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of audeō
Usage notes
See explanation at audeō.