invitato Italian · revision 38266

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /in.viˈta.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''invitato''' ''m'' (plural invitati, feminine invitata)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[invitare]], used as an adjective and a noun: [[af|it|invitare|-ato]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011) The verb is a learned word, [[la|invītō|t=to entertain, receive; to invite]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) DELI and Nocentini take the Latin verb from [[m|la|in-]] and a verb made from an unrecorded adjective [[m|la|*vītus|t=well-disposed]], which DELI also sees, with the negative prefix, in [[m|la|invītus|t=unwilling]]; the first sense would have been “to treat kindly, to receive well”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Nocentini and Devoto–Oli date the word to the 14th century.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) An Old Italian Bible translation has ''Mandò li servi suoi a quelli ch'erano invitati, che venissero al convito'' (“He sent his servants to those who were invited, to come to the feast”).^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early use the participle also meant “summoned”, of soldiers called in to help, and “tempted”: Domenico Cavalca writes that Joseph, ''invitato di peccato'' by his master's wife, refused.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) As a noun, “a guest at a meal”, it is in Della Casa's ''Galateo''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Later writers use it for a person asked to dance, and Alfieri's Orestes says ''Non invitato, all'empie nozze io vengo'' (“Uninvited, I come to the wicked wedding”).^(GDLI)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – ''Invitato'' is first recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ * 16th century – Della Casa uses ''gl'invitati'' for the guests at a meal.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|invited]], asked to come to a party, meal or ceremony: ''Le persone invitate arrivarono in ritardo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|guest]], a person who takes part in a party, dinner or ceremony after being invited: ''Gli invitati brindarono agli sposi.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[invito]]

+ * [[invitante]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare second ''invitato'' is the past participle of ''invitare'' “to screw in” (from ''vite'' “screw”), meaning “fixed with a screw”, now disused.^(GRADIT 2003)^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In the sense “guest” the noun is close to [[ospite]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}