crastino

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crāstinus (“tomorrow's”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkra.sti.no/
  • Rhymes: -astino
  • Hyphenation: crà‧sti‧no

Adjective

crastino (feminine crastina, masculine plural crastini, feminine plural crastine)

  1. (literary, obsolete) tomorrow's
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XX”, in Paradiso, lines 52–54:
      […] ora conosce che ’l giudicio etterno / non si trasmuta, quando degno preco / fa crastino là giù de l’odïerno.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References
  • cràstino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

crāstinō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of crāstinus

References
  • crastino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • crastino in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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