al da sezzo

Italian

Alternative forms

Adverb

al da sezzo (obsolete)

  1. alternative form of da sezzo: finally, lastly, in the end
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], line 130; 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:
      Venimmo al piè d’una torre al da sezzo.
      Finally, we arrived at the foot of a tower.

References

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