ulto
English
Adverb
ulto (not comparable)
- Contraction of ultimo (of last month).
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultus, past participle of ulcīscor (“I avenge; I take vengeance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈul.to/, [ˈul̪t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ulto
- Stress: ùlto
- Hyphenation: ul‧to
Participle
ulto m (feminine singular ulta, masculine plural ulti, feminine plural ulte)
- (poetic) avenged, revenged
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland] (in Italian), Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XLI, page 190:
- Per queſto tardi uendicato, & ulto ¶ Fia da la moglie e da la ſua ſorella
- That is why he will be avenged and revenged late, by his wife and sister
- Per queſto tardi uendicato, & ulto ¶ Fia da la moglie e da la ſua ſorella
- 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 162:
- […] ne’ campi memori ¶ De la clade che ancora ulta non fu ¶ Scenda a pugnar con impeto ¶ D’odio maturo l’itala virtú
- in the fields mindful of the bloodshed still not avenged, may the Italian virtue come to fight with the force of mature hatred
- […] ne’ campi memori ¶ De la clade che ancora ulta non fu ¶ Scenda a pugnar con impeto ¶ D’odio maturo l’itala virtú
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Latin
Participle
ultō
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