cotale

cotale

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *eccum tālis.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /koˈta.le/
    • Rhymes: -ale
    • Hyphenation: co‧tà‧le

    Determiner

    cotale m or f by sense (plural cotali)

    1. (dated) such
      Synonym: tale
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto II”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 109-114; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Al mondo non fur mai persone ratte
        a far lor pro o a fuggir lor danno,
        com’io, dopo cotai parole fatte,
        venni qua giù del mio beato scanno,
        fidandomi del tuo parlare onesto,
        ch’onora te e quei ch’udito l’ hanno".
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Pronoun

    cotale (plural cotali)

    1. (dated, chiefly derogatory) such a person, this sort of person

    Adverb

    cotale

    1. in this way, in such a way, so
      Synonym: in tal modo
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 25-27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        vid’io lo Minotauro far cotale;
        e quello accorto gridò: "Corri al varco;
        mentre ch’e’ ’nfuria, è buon che tu ti cale".
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Further reading

    • cotale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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