fiata

Probably from the feminine of a Vulgar Latin *fictus < Latin fissus, past participle of findere. Compare Italian fetta, Spanish and Portuguese fita, Sardinian and Sicilian fitta.

fiata f

1. slice, cut

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjata/, [ˈfjaː.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: fià‧ta

From Old French fiée, from Vulgar Latin *vicata, from Latin vicis (“change, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to wind, bend”).

fiata f (plural fiate)

1. (obsolete) time, instance, occasion
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto X, p. 155 vv. 49-51:

     «S'ei fur cacciati, ei tornar d'ogne parte» ¶ rispuos' io lui, «l'una e l'altra fïata; ¶ ma i vostri non appreser ben quell'arte».

     «If they were banished, they returned on all sides» ¶ I answered him, «the first time and the second; ¶ but yours have not acquired that art aright».

• volta

Inflected form of the verb fiatare.

fiata

1. third-person singular present indicative of fiatare
2. second-person singular imperative of fiatare