intenzione Italian · revision 37929

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-13th century, Bonagiunta Orbicciani|origins=la intendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /in.tenˈt͡sjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intenzione''' ''f'' (plural intenzioni)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|entenzione]], [[roa-oit|intencione]] and [[roa-oit|intensione]].^(TLIO)^(GDLI|8, 214)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|intentiō|t=a stretching; attention; purpose]], from [[m|la|intendō|t=to stretch towards, direct]], the source of [[intendere]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) According to DEI, the Latin noun rendered [[grc|ἔντασις|tr=éntasis|t=a stretching]] and its figurative sense “being intent”.^(DEI|2058) In the oldest Christian Latin it took over “purpose” from [[la|cōgitātiō]], and the Scholastics used it for the mind's turning to an object of knowledge.^(DEI|2058)^(GDLI) The same Latin word gave [[fr|intention]] (earlier [[fro|entencion]], 12th century) and [[es|intención]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2058)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is Bonagiunta Orbicciani of Lucca, in the middle of the 13th century, and Zingarelli dates the word to about 1261.^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) DELI's first record of the sense “purpose of doing something”, not necessarily joined to the will to do it, is Chiaro Davanzati (13th century).^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|8, 214)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian used the word widely: for attention and zeal, for desire (also sinful or amorous desire), for the meaning of words, for the aim of an author, for an opinion in a philosophical question, and in law for the opening part of a charge.^(TLIO)^(DEI|2058) ''Intenzionale'' is a term of Scholastic philosophy from the early 14th century and means “deliberate” from the 19th century, and ''intenzionato'' (17th century) is modelled on French ''intentionné''.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ Modern set phrases include ''processo alle intenzioni'', judging someone by what they are supposed to intend, and the proverb that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) In medicine a wound heals ''per prima'' or ''per seconda intenzione'', and in football a shot ''di prima intenzione'' is a volley.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Mid-13th century – Bonagiunta Orbicciani uses ''intenzione''.^(TLIO)

+ * About 1261 – Zingarelli's date for the first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Early 14th century – ''Intenzionale'' appears in Scholastic philosophy.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 17th century – ''Intenzionato'' is formed after French ''intentionné''.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * Before 1877 – ''Preterintenzionale'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|intention]], plan or wish to do something: ''Ho intenzione di cambiare lavoro.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Aim, purpose: ''pregare secondo l'intenzione del Papa''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Disposition towards someone, ''buone'' or ''cattive intenzioni'': ''Quali sono le sue intenzioni?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''con intenzione'': on purpose, and ''senza intenzione'': unintentionally.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(medicine)'' The way a wound heals, ''per prima intenzione'' with a fine scar, ''per seconda intenzione'' slowly with a thick one.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(philosophy)'' In Aristotelian and Scholastic thought, the act by which the mind turns to an object, or the concept so formed.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(archaic)'' Meaning, sense, or opinion.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intenzionale]]

+ * [[intenzionalità]]

+ * [[intenzionato]]

+ * [[preterintenzionale]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intendere]]

+ * [[intento]]

+ * [[intendimento]]

+ * [[la|intentio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}