poscia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin posteā (afterwards, then).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔʃ.ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʃʃa
  • Hyphenation: pò‧scia

Adverb

poscia

  1. (archaic, literary) after, afterwards
    Synonym: quindi

Conjunction

poscia

  1. (archaic, literary) after (followed by che)
    Synonyms: poi, dopo
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, p. 30 vv. 115-117:
      Poscia che m'ebbe ragionato questo, ¶ li occhi lucenti lagrimando volse ¶ per che mi fece del venir più presto.
      After she thus had spoken unto me, ¶ weeping, her shining eyes she turned away ¶ hereby she made me swifter in my coming.
  2. (archaic, literary) since, because (followed by che)
    Synonym: poiché
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 13:
      Padre mio, poſcia che voi mi promettete di pregare Iddio per me, & io il vi dirò.
      My Father, since you promise to pray God for me, I will tell you.

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