episodio Italian · revision 38113

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1551, Bernardo Segni|origins=grc ἐπεισόδιον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /e.piˈzɔ.djo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''episodio''' ''m'' (plural episodi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la-med|episodium]], [[der|grc|ἐπεισόδιον|tr=epeisódion|t=additional entrance; episode]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|1500) The Greek word is the neuter of [[m|grc|ἐπεισόδιος|tr=epeisódios|t=coming in besides]], from [[m|grc|ἐπί|tr=epí|t=upon, in addition]] and [[m|grc|εἴσοδος|tr=eísodos|t=entrance]], itself from [[m|grc|εἰς|tr=eis|t=into]] and [[m|grc|ὁδός|tr=hodós|t=way]].^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(GDLI|5, 199) Nocentini starts from [[m|grc|ἐπείσοδος|tr=epeísodos|t=coming in after]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ In Greek tragedy the episode was the spoken part between the songs of the chorus, and, from there the word came to mean a section of a narrative.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Treccani 2011) DEI dates the Medieval Latin word to the 13th century, in a pre-humanist sense “digression”.^(DEI|1500) The same word is [[fr|épisode]] and [[es|episodio]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is Bernardo Segni in 1551, for a scene of Greek tragedy between two choral songs.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) DELI rejects as a forgery an earlier quotation from Fra Giordano given by the Crusca and by Tommaseo.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Before 1584 Anton Francesco Grazzini used the word for an action in a literary work that is linked to the main plot but secondary to it.^(DELI 1999) Writers of the 17th century also used it for a digression from the subject of a speech.^(GDLI|5, 199) [[episodico|alt=Episodico]] follows in Tasso in 1576, and in 1779 takes on the sense “occasional, casual”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The sense “event, incident in someone's life” appears in Massimo D'Azeglio before 1866.^(DELI 1999) The purist Rigutini condemned it in 1886 as a needless gallicism.^(DELI 1999) In music the word names an interlude between returns of the main theme, and in medicine a passing manifestation of an illness.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) With film and television it came to mean each instalment of a series.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – Medieval Latin ''episodium'' “digression”, according to DEI.^(DEI|1500)

+ * 1551 – Bernardo Segni uses ''episodio'' for a part of Greek tragedy.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1576 – ''Episodico'' in Torquato Tasso.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1584 – Grazzini uses the word for a secondary action in a literary work.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1866 – Massimo D'Azeglio uses it for an event or incident.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1886 – Rigutini condemns that sense as a gallicism.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|episode]] in a narrative or work of art, a part with a certain independence from the main action: ''l'episodio di Ulisse nell'Inferno''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # An [[m|en|instalment]] of a television or radio series; a part of a film made of separate stories: ''Stasera va in onda l'ultimo episodio della stagione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # An event or incident, especially one worth telling: ''Ci raccontò un buffo episodio del suo viaggio in Grecia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # An isolated occurrence without consequences: ''Quella lite è stata solo un episodio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(dated, military)'' A minor action in a battle.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(theatre)'' In Greek tragedy, the scenes between two choral odes.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(music)'' A passage between returns of the main theme; in a fugue, an [[m|en|interlude]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(medicine, science)'' A limited, well-defined occurrence: ''episodi febbrili''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' A digression.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[episodico]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[grc|ἐπεισόδιον|tr=epeisódion]]

+ * [[esodo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}