dannazione Italian · revision 38384

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1292, Bono Giamboni|origins=la damnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /dan.natˈt͡sjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dannazione''' ''f'' (plural dannazioni)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|dampnatione]], [[roa-oit|dannagione]] and Venetian [[roa-oit|dannacion]].^(TLIO)^(LEI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|damnātiō|t=condemnation]], from [[m|la|damnō|t=to condemn]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also analyses it as [[dannare]] with the suffix [[-zione]].^(Wiktionary) The LEI explains that the Latin noun meant a legal sentence in pagan Latin, and that Christian Latin gave it the sense “condemnation to the pains of hell”, which passed into the Romance languages.^(LEI)

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+ The LEI calls the forms with ⟨nn⟩ semi-learned and those keeping ⟨mn⟩, often written with an inserted ⟨p⟩, Latinising; endings such as ⟨-asone⟩ show Gallo-Romance influence.^(LEI) The same word is [[fro|dampnatiun]] (about 1174), [[pro|dampnatio]], [[ca|damnació]], [[es|damnación]] and [[pt|damnação]].^(LEI)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is in Bono Giamboni, before 1292, in the sense “condemnation to the pains of hell”.^(DELI 1999) The TLIO's first record is in the Milanese poet Bonvesin de la Riva, at the end of the 13th century.^(TLIO)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian also used the word for a sentence in law, for a ban, for moral blame and for the Church's condemnation of a doctrine;^(TLIO)^(DELI 1999)^(LEI) Domenico Cavalca has the general sense “condemnation” before 1342.^(TLIO)^(DELI 1999)^(LEI) The figurative sense “torment” is found in Daniello Bartoli, before 1685.^(DELI 1999) As an oath or insult it is recorded in Viani in 1929 and in Emilio Cecchi in 1946.^(LEI) Today it is mainly an exclamation of anger.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''dannazione'' for damnation.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Late 13th century – Bonvesin de la Riva uses the word.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1342 – Domenico Cavalca has the sense “condemnation”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1685 – Daniello Bartoli has the sense “torment”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1929 – The word is recorded as an oath.^(LEI)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|damnation]], eternal condemnation of the soul: ''la paura della dannazione eterna''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A constant [[m|en|torment]], a curse: ''Quella vecchia auto è la mia dannazione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(archaic)'' Condemnation, reproof.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ===Interjection===

+ # [[m|en|damn]]!, an exclamation of anger or annoyance: ''Dannazione, ho perso il treno!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dannare]]

+ * [[dannato]]

+ * [[danno]]

+ * [[condanna]]

+ * [[la|damnātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}