fiata

Probably from the feminine of a Vulgar Latin *fictus < Latin fissus, past participle of findere. Compare Italian fetta, Spanish and Portuguese fita, Sardinian and Sicilian fitta.

fiata f

1. slice, cut

• IPA^(key): /ˈfja.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fià‧ta

Borrowed from Old French fiée, from Vulgar Latin *vicāta, from Latin vicis (“time, turn, instance”). Doublet of vicata, which was inherited.

fiata f (plural fiate)

1. (obsolete) time, instance, occasion

   Synonym: volta

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto X”, in Inferno, lines 49–51:

     «S'ei fur cacciati, ei tornar d'ogne parte»
     rispuos' io lui, «l'una e l'altra fïata;
     ma i vostri non appreser ben quell'arte».

     "If they were banished, they returned on all sides", I answered him, "the first time and the second; but yours have not acquired that art well."

   • 14^th c., Franco Sacchetti, “Novella ⅩⅩⅩⅩⅨ [Novel 49]”, in Novelle di Franco Sacchetti - Parte prima‎, published 1724, page 85:

     Disse il Podestà: vacci con Dio; per questa fiata t'ajo perdonato

     The podesta said: "Go with God; for this time, I've forgiven you"

• vece

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fiata

1. inflection of fiatare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative