dimando

See also: dimandò

Italian

Etymology

From dimandare, from Latin dēmandāre, active infinitive form of dēmandō (I entrust, commit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈmando/, [d̪iˈmän̪.d̪o]
  • Hyphenation: di‧màn‧do

Noun

dimando m (plural dimandi) (archaic)

  1. inquiry, interrogation, question
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, p. 162, vv. 124-126:
      Elli si mosse; e poi, così andando, ¶ mi disse: «Perché se' tu sì smarrito?». ¶ E io li soddisfeci al suo dimando.
      He moved along; and afterward thus going, ¶ he said to me: "Why art thou so bewildered?". ¶ And I in his inquiry satisfied him.
  2. plea, entreaty, request
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XV, p. 228, vv. 79-81:
      «Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando», ¶ rispuos'io lui, «voi non sareste ancora ¶ de l'umana natura posto in bando; [...]»
      «If my entreaty wholly were fulfilled», ¶ replied I to him, «not yet would you be ¶ in banishment from human nature placed; [...]»

Verb

dimando

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dimandare

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