bieltate

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bjelˈta.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: biel‧tà‧te

Noun

bieltate f (plural bieltati)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of beltà (“beauty”)
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo VIII [Third treatise, Chapter 8]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎, Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 21:
      Ultimamente quando dico: Però qual donna sente sua bieltate, conchiudo, sotto colore d’ammonire altrui, lo fine a che fatta fue tanta biltade
      Finally, when I say And so let every woman who hears her beauty, I disclose, under the pretense of admonishing someone else, the end for which such beauty was made
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