d'uopo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “of need”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd‿wɔ.po/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpo
  • Hyphenation: d'uò‧po

Adjective

d'uopo (invariable)

  1. (archaic, literary) necessary, needed, requisite, needful
    • 1581, Annibale Caro, transl., “Libro VI [Book 6]”, in Eneide [Aeneid]‎, Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, page 298:
      […] in questo abisso
      Han tutti i lor ridotti e le lor pene.
      E che pena e che forma e che fortuna
      Di ciascun sia, non è d'uopo ch'io dica
      In this abyss, everyone has their place and their punishment. And it's not necessary for me to say what the kind of punishment, and what the shape, and what the destiny of each one [of them] is

Further reading
  • uopo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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