aversitade

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ver.siˈta.de/
  • Rhymes: -ade
  • Hyphenation: a‧ver‧si‧tà‧de

Noun

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aversitade f (plural aversitadi)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of avversità
    • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎[1], published 1991, section 1:
      acciò ch’eglino si esercitino adoperando le virtudi e schifino i vizii, e l’aversitadi sostegnano con forte animo a bene e stato della nostra repubblica
      So that they practice, employing virtues, and reject vices, and shoulder adversities with a strong soul, for the good and stability of our republic

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