ingiuria
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒu.rja/, [in̺ʲˈd͡ʒuːr̺jä]
- Stress: ingiùria
- Hyphenation: in‧giu‧ria
- Rhymes: -urja
Noun
ingiuria f (plural ingiurie)
- (archaic) injury, injustice, wrong
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XI, lines 22–24, page 167:
- D'ogne malizia, ch'odio in cielo acquista, ¶ ingiuria è 'l fine, ed ogne fin cotale ¶ o con forza o con frode altrui contrista.
- Of every malice that wins hate in Heaven, ¶ injury is the end; and all such end ¶ either by force or fraud afflicteth others.
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- (law) offence
- (literary) insult, abuse, affront
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ingiuria
- third-person singular present indicative of ingiuriare
- second-person singular imperative of ingiuriare
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