palagio

From Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome. Doublet of palazzo.

• IPA^(key): /paˈla.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -adʒo
• Hyphenation: pa‧là‧gio

palagio m (plural palagi)

1. (literary, obsolete) palace
   • 1298, Marco Polo, Il Milione [The Million]‎, Giuseppe Pagani, published 1827, Dell'isola di Zipagu (I), page 151:

     Il palagio del Signore dell'isola ee molto grande, ed è coperto d'oro, come si cuoprono di qua le chiese di piombo

     The palace of the island's Lord is very large, and is covered in gold, in a manner similar to how churches are covered in lead in our place

   • 1478, Luigi Pulci, Morgante‎, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, Canto II, page 26:

     E in questo ragionando, hanno veduto ¶ Un bel palagio in mezzo del deserto

     While they talked about it, they saw ¶ a beautiful palace in the middle of the desert

   • c. 1800, Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno [The Day], Luigi Mussi, published 1803, Notte, lines 31-33, page 138:

     Il vulgo intanto […] ¶ fie pago assai, poi che vedrà sovente ¶ ire e tornar dal tuo palagio i primi ¶ d'arte maestri

     Meanwhile the people will be very satisfied, once they see the first art masters frequently coming and going to your palace

2. (historical) the mayoral palace
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Seconda giornata, Prima novella [Second Day, First Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 35:

     tutto rotto et tutto peſto il traſſero loro dalle mani, et menaronlo a palagio

     [They] dragged him out of the people's hands, all bruised and tumbled, and haled him to the palace