proprietà Italian · revision 38746

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 13th century, Ritmo su sant'Alessio|origins=la proprius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /pro.prjeˈta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''proprietà''' ''f'' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include ''proprietate'', ''proprietade'', ''propietade'' and ''propietà'';^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|14, 664)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) ''propietà'' is still a popular form.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|14, 664)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned [[bor|la|proprietās|t=peculiarity; ownership]], derived from [[m|la|proprius|t=one's own, particular]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) The form “proprietà” arose by the loss of the final syllable of the older [[roa-oit|proprietade]] and [[roa-oit|proprietate]], from the Latin accusative “proprietātem”.^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Nocentini 2010) The same word is [[pro|proprietat]], [[fr|propriété]], [[es|propiedad]] and [[pt|propriedade]];^(Körting 1907) French also has [[m|fr|propreté|t=cleanliness]].^(Körting 1907)

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+ Latin [[m|la|proprius]] probably goes back to [[itc-pro|*prijo-|t=own, dear]] and [[ine-pro|*priH-o-]], the source of [[sa|प्रिय|tr=priyá|t=dear]] and [[got|𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃|tr=freis|t=free]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the ''Ritmo su sant'Alessio'' of the early 13th century, with the form ''proprietate'' and the sense “a quality or characteristic that distinguishes a person or thing from others”;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010) GRADIT dates it c. 1225.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010) Brunetto Latini (before 1294) has ''proprietade''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante compares the heaven of Venus to rhetoric “per due proprietadi” (“for two properties”), its clear aspect and its appearing morning and evening.^(GDLI|14, 664) The legal sense, the right to enjoy and dispose of things fully and exclusively, is in Giovanni Villani (before 1348), and the sense “something one owns” in a 14th-century text attributed to Saint Bonaventure.^(DELI 1999) Domenico Cavalca (before 1342) used the word for precision of meaning and the choice of fitting words, a sense alive in ''proprietà di linguaggio''.^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ The sense “neatness, decorum, good taste in dress” appears in Lorenzo Magalotti in 1666 and is found in Goldoni.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) In modern Italian ''proprietà'' is also the body of owners of a business, opposed to the workers' unions, and in mathematics a law that follows from a definition, such as the ''proprietà commutativa''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 13th century – The ''Ritmo su sant'Alessio'' has ''proprietate''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini has ''proprietade''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1342 – Domenico Cavalca uses it for precision of language.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1348 – Giovanni Villani uses it for the right of ownership.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1666 – Lorenzo Magalotti uses it for neatness and decorum.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|property]], a characteristic quality of something: ''Il vetro ha la proprietà di non condurre l'elettricità.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The capacity of a substance or a drug to produce certain effects: ''un'erba dalle proprietà calmanti''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A peculiarity of a person, often ironic.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' A logical consequence of the definition of an entity: ''la proprietà associativa''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Correctness and precision in the use of words: ''Parla l'inglese con grande proprietà.'' By extension, decorum and good taste, as in dress.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|ownership]]: the right to enjoy and dispose of a thing fully and exclusively, within the limits set by law.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Something owned, especially land or a building; an [[m|en|estate]]: ''Hanno una piccola proprietà in collina.''^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The owners of a business, as a party: ''L'incontro tra i sindacati e la proprietà è stato rinviato.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[proprietario]]

+ * [[comproprietà]]

+ * [[improprietà]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[proprio]]

+ * [[la|proprietās]]

+ * [[fr|propriété]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Fixed legal phrases include ''nuda proprietà'', ownership without the usufruct, ''proprietà privata'' and ''pubblica'', and ''proprietà letteraria'' or ''artistica'', the economic rights of an author.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''Di proprietà di'' means “belonging to”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}