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
    • c. 13161321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 127–129; 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:
      « [] 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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