avaccio
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”), from vīvāx (“vigorous, lively”). Compare Catalan aviat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvat.t͡ʃo/, [äˈvätt͡ʃo̞]
- Stress: avàccio
- Hyphenation: a‧vac‧cio
Adverb
avaccio (obsolete)
- soon, early
- quickly, eagerly
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, p. 161 vv. 115-117:
- E già 'l maestro mio mi richiamava; ¶ per ch'i' pregai lo spirto più avaccio ¶ che mi dicesse con chi lu' istava.
- And now my Master was recalling me; ¶ wherefore more eagerly I prayed the spirit ¶ that he would tell me who was with him there.
- E già 'l maestro mio mi richiamava; ¶ per ch'i' pregai lo spirto più avaccio ¶ che mi dicesse con chi lu' istava.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, p. 161 vv. 115-117:
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