quistione

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwisˈtjo.ne/, [kwis̪ˈt̪joːn̺e]
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: qui‧stió‧ne

Noun

quistione f (plural quistioni)

  1. (literary) Alternative form of questione
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXI, page 386:
      Sì mi prescrisser le parole sue, ¶ ch'io lasciai la quistione e mi ritrassi ¶ a dimandarla umilmente chi fue.
      Such limit did its words prescribe to me, ¶ the question I relinquished, and restricted ¶ myself to ask it humbly who it was.
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