lonza
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProbably from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, whence also Italian lince (a borrowed doublet). Cognate to French once.
Noun
editlonza f (plural lonze)
- a term used in the Middle Ages to describe a type of wild cat, possibly a lynx or leopard (cf. Portuguese onça)
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
Further reading
edit- lónza1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lonza (animale) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Old French longe.
Noun
editlonza f (plural lonze)
Further reading
edit- lónza2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lonza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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