oggi Italian · revision 37593

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=12th century, Sermoni gallo-italici|origins=la hodiē}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈɔd.d͡ʒi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oggi'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include ''oi'', ''oie'', ''ogi'' and ''ogge''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|11, 847)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|hodiē|t=today]], literally “on this day”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains the Latin word as a compound of [[m|la|hic|t=this]] and [[m|la|diēs|t=day]], probably in an old ablative; the form of the first part is disputed.^(de Vaan 2008) Nocentini notes that the same pattern is found in other Indo-European languages, as in [[grc|σήμερον|tr=sḗmeron]] and [[de|heute]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The final /i/ is unexpected, since /e/ would be regular; it is traditionally explained by the ending of [[ieri|t=yesterday]].^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The Latin word lives on across the Romance languages: [[fro|hui]] (modern [[fr|aujourd'hui]]), [[oc|uei]], [[ca|avui]], [[es|hoy]], [[pt|hoje]], [[sc|òe]] and [[ro|azi]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935) In northern Italy, as far as Liguria and the Marche, the usual words are compounds with “also” in front, such as [[vec|ancuò]] and [[lmo|incò]].^(DEI|2634)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is ''oi'' in the 12th-century Sermoni gallo-italici, meaning “on the present day”;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) ''oie'' follows in a 13th-century Perugian text and ''oggi'' itself in Cecco Angiolieri before 1313.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) A Sienese letter of 1260 already uses ''ogi'' for “at present”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was used as a noun, “the present day”, by Brunetto Latini before 1294, and for “the modern age” in Tommaseo's dictionary (1869).^(DELI 1999) Gabriello Chiabrera (before 1638) uses the adverb for “in our time”.^(DELI 1999) The compounds ''oggidì'' (before 1292) and ''oggigiorno'' (before 1597) mean “nowadays”, and ''omai'' “by now” comes from an older ''oggimai''.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ Phrases such as ''oggi a otto'' “a week from today” are elliptical for “counting from today to eight days”.^(DELI 1999) In Tuscany and central Italy ''oggi'' can mean “this afternoon”, as against ''stamattina''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) The proverb ''oggi a me, domani a te'' says that what befalls one person may befall another.^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Neapolitan and Sicilian borrowed the standard word.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – ''Oi'' appears in the Sermoni gallo-italici.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1260 – A Sienese letter uses ''ogi'' for “at present”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1292 – ''Oggidì'' is recorded in Bono Giamboni.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini uses the word as a noun.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1313 – Cecco Angiolieri writes ''oggi''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1597 – ''Oggigiorno'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|today]], on the present day: ''Oggi piove.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # At present, now, as against the past or future: ''Oggi la penso diversamente.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # [[m|en|nowadays]], in our time: ''Oggi si viaggia molto più di un tempo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(regional, Tuscany and central Italy)'' This afternoon.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The present day: ''le notizie di oggi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The present age: ''la musica d’oggi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oggidì]]

+ * [[oggigiorno]]

+ * [[omai]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[odierno]]

+ * [[dì]]

+ * [[la|hodie]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Al giorno d'oggi'' “nowadays”, ''a tutt'oggi'' “to this day”, ''oggi come oggi'' “as things stand” and ''dall'oggi al domani'' “overnight, suddenly” are common phrases.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}