inleiarsi

Italian

Etymology

Coined by Dante Alighieri, in- + lei (she) + -are + -si.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.lejˈar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: in‧lei‧àr‧si

Verb

inleiàrsi (first-person singular present mi inlèio, first-person singular past historic mi inleiài, past participle inleiàto)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) to penetrate deeply into her conscience or spirit
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXII”, in Paradiso, lines 127–129:
      « [] e però, prima che tu più t’inlei, ¶ rimira in giù, e vedi quanto mondo ¶ sotto li piedi già esser ti fei; [] »
      « [] and therefore, ere thou enter farther in, ¶ look down once more, and see how vast a world ¶ thou hast already put beneath thy feet; [] »

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