coppo

Italian

Etymology 1

Akin to coppa (cup).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkop.po/, /ˈkɔp.po/[1]
  • Rhymes: -oppo, -ɔppo
  • Hyphenation: cóp‧po, còp‧po

Noun

coppo m (plural coppi)

  1. jug, pitcher
    Synonym: orcio
  2. (historical, unit of measure) an ancient unit of volume
  3. a type of curved roof tile
    Synonym: tegola
  4. (fishing) Synonym of negossa
  5. (archaic) cavity
  6. the cavity of the eye
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 97–99; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] le lagrime prime fanno groppo,
      e sì come visiere di cristallo,
      rïempion sotto ’l ciglio tutto il coppo.
      The earliest tears form a cluster, and, like crystal visors, fill all the cup beneath the eyebrow.
  7. the concave part of a helm

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔp.po/, /ˈkop.po/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ɔppo, -oppo
  • Hyphenation: còp‧po, cóp‧po

Verb

coppo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coppare

References

  1. coppo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. coppa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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