considerare Italian · revision 38183

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=first half of the 13th century, Tomaso di Sasso|origins=la sīdus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /kon.si.deˈra.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''considerare''' (first-person singular present consìdero, first-person singular past historic considerài, past participle consideràto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|cōnsīderō|alt=cōnsīderāre|t=to examine, to observe]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Latin verb is formed on [[m|la|sīdus|t=star, constellation]] with the prefix [[m|la|con-]], so that it first meant “to observe the stars”, a term of the augurs who read omens in them; [[contemplare]] and [[desiderare]] have a similar background.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|1069)^(Devoto 1968) The noun [[considerazione]] is [[m|la|cōnsīderātiō]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The Latin verb was also inherited in some Romance languages: Engadine, [[fro|consirer|t=to observe]], [[pro|cossirar]] and [[ca|consirar]], with [[m|pro|cossire|t=care, worry]].^(DEI|1069)^(REW 1935) The learned forms are [[fr|considérer]] and [[es|considerar]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Körting 1907)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in Tomaso di Sasso, a Tuscan poet of the first half of the 13th century;^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) Zingarelli dates the word to about 1250.^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) DELI's first dated sense is “to examine carefully in all its bearings”, in Bono Giamboni before 1292.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Brunetto Latini, before 1294, used the verb for “to bear in mind, to take into account”, and Dante in the ''Convivio'' (1304–1308) for “to judge, to deem”.^(DELI 1999) Ulysses' words in ''Inferno'' 26 are its best-known use: ''Considerate la vostra semenza: / fatti non foste a viver come bruti'', “consider your origin: you were not made to live as brutes”.^(GDLI|3, 596)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Guittone used the construction ''considerare in'' and Machiavelli ''considerare di'', “to judge of”.^(Prati 1951|323)

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+ The sense “to provide for”, of a law or code, appears in Salvini before 1729.^(DELI 1999) Derivatives followed: ''considerabile'' (Guicciardini, before 1540), ''considerevole'' (Baretti, before 1789) and ''sconsiderato'', already in the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 13th century – Tomaso di Sasso has the first record.^(TLIO)

+ * 1282 – ''Considerazione'' appears in Restoro d'Arezzo.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''considerare'' “to examine carefully”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini uses it for “to bear in mind”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses it for “to judge, to deem”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1729 – Salvini uses it for “to provide for”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|consider]], to examine carefully in all its aspects: ''Dobbiamo considerare tutte le alternative.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To look at attentively.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To bear in mind, to [[m|en|take into account]]: ''Considera che il treno parte all'alba.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To regard, to deem: ''La considero la mia migliore amica.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[stimare|alt=esteem]], to think highly of: ''In paese è molto considerato.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(intransitive, absolute)'' To reflect, to weigh things up: ''considera bene prima di firmare''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(transitive, law)'' Of a law or code, to provide for, to cover a case.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(reflexive, considerarsi)'' To consider oneself: ''Si considera fortunato.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[considerazione]]

+ * [[considerato]]

+ * [[considerabile]]

+ * [[considerevole]]

+ * [[considerando]]

+ * [[sconsiderato]]

+ * [[sconsideratezza]]

+ * [[riconsiderare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[siderale]]

+ * [[desiderare]]

+ * [[la|considero]]

+ * [[fr|considérer]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Tutto considerato'' means “all things considered”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}