accorgersi Italian · revision 39245

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 12th century, Ritmo di Sant'Alessio|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /akˈkɔr.d͡ʒer.si/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accorgersi''' or accórgersi (first-person singular present mi accòrgo or mi accórgo, first-person singular past historic mi accòrsi or mi accórsi, past participle accòrtosi or accórtosi)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old Italian forms include [[m|roa-oit|acorgersi]], and in the north [[m|roa-oit|acorgerse]] (Venetian, 1321) and [[m|roa-oit|acorzere]] (Vicentine).^(LEI|1, 321) Modern dialect forms include [[vec|acorzerse]] and [[scn|accòrgirisi]].^(LEI|1, 321)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-vul|*accorrigō|alt=*accorrigere]], formed with the prefix [[m|la|ad-]] on [[la|corrigō|t=to straighten, correct]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) Sabatini–Coletti explains the loss of the vowel from the first person singular, where the unstressed /i/ was lost, extended to the whole conjugation.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The past participle [[accorto]] is formed like [[porto]] from [[porgere]].^(DELI 1999)

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+ The meaning is explained in two ways: DEI, DELI, Nocentini and Meyer-Lübke start from the reflexive “to correct oneself”, that is, to give up a false impression after looking at the facts.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The LEI rejects this step and starts from “to direct”, strengthened by the prefix to “to escort, watch over” and so “to pay attention, notice”, the same development as [[scorgere]] and [[scortare]] from another compound of the Latin verb.^(LEI|1, 321)

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+ The verb is typical of Italian, with [[fur|akuarzisi]] and [[rm|s'inakörger]] of the Engadine beside it.^(LEI|1, 321)^(REW 1935) Medieval French [[m|frm|accort]] and [[m|frm|accortesse]] are borrowed from Italian.^(LEI|1, 321) The Latin verb is a compound of [[m|la|regō|t=to direct]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-|t=to stretch, direct]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is the Ritmo di Sant'Alessio from the Marche, of the second half of the 12th century, in the reflexive sense of perceiving something with the senses or the mind, realising a situation.^(TLIO) DELI first finds it in Dante's ''Vita nuova'' (1293–1294), for seeing, knowing or understanding.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian the verb also meant “to catch sight of” and, without the pronoun, “to escort”, and the infinitive used as a noun, ''l'accorgere'', meant insight, discernment (Dante, Petrarch).^(TLIO)^(LEI|1, 321) The derivatives kept the old sense of watchfulness: ''accorto'' “shrewd, wary” (before 1257, Bonagiunta), [[accortezza]] (before 1347) and [[accorgimento]], “perception” (before 1292) and then “skill, device” (before 1321, Dante).^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ In the Venetian area, Friuli and Istria the type ''inaccorgersi'' is used.^(LEI|1, 321) In modern Italian ''senza accorgersene'' means without noticing, or without effort, and ''te ne accorgerai!'' is a veiled threat.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Second half of the 12th century – The Ritmo di Sant'Alessio uses the verb.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1257 – Bonagiunta uses ''accorto'' “shrewd”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''accorgimento''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1293–1294 – Dante uses ''accorgersi'' in the ''Vita nuova''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1321 – Old Venetian ''acorgerse'' is recorded.^(LEI|1, 321)

+ * Before 1347 – ''Accortezza'' appears in Bartolomeo da San Concordio.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|notice]], to become aware of someone or something not seen or known before, followed by ''di'' or ''che'': ''Si accorse solo a casa di aver lasciato l'ombrello in treno.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|realise]], to understand something through reflection: ''Mi accorgo ora che avevi ragione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accorto]]

+ * [[accortezza]]

+ * [[accorgimento]]

+ * [[raccorgersi]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[correggere]]

+ * [[scorgere]]

+ * [[scortare]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Accorgersene'' is common: ''senza accorgersene'' means without noticing, or without effort, and ''te ne accorgerai!'' (you'll see!) is a veiled threat.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) The past participle is ''accorto'' and the past historic ''mi accorsi''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}