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caendo

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Galician

Verb

caendo

  1. gerund of caer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quaerendō, ablative gerund of quaerō (I seek, look for).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɛn.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧èn‧do

Verb

caendo

  1. (obsolete) gerund of a defective verb that has no other form: seeking, looking for
    Synonym: cercando
    • 13th century [4th to 5th century CE], “Incominciasi il libro di Vegezio Flavio Rinato per dignità chiarissimo, che tratta delle cose della Cavalleria, a Teodosio vittorioso Imperadore mandato [Thus begins the book of Vegetius Flavius Renatus — most worthy and illustrious — about the things of Cavalry, sent to the victorious Emperor Theodosius]”, Libro primo [First book], in Bono Giamboni, transl., Dell'arte della guerra [On the art of war], translation of Dē rē mīlitārī by Pūblius Flāvius Vegetius Renātus (in Late Latin); republished as Di Vegezio Flavio, Dell’arte della guerra libri IV - volgarizzamento di Bono Giamboni, Florence: Giovanni Marenigh, 1815, pages 5–6:
      [] questa nostra opera non desidera di parole grande ornamento, nè grande sottigliezza d'ingegno, ma fatica diligente e fedele, acciocchè quello che spartitamente è detto per molti ¶ [] in uno volume si rechi, ed apertamente si dica, [] acciocchè Tu, vittorioso Imperadore, [] trovi ciò che delle grandi cose necessarie di cavalleria vai sempre caendo.
      [original: [] in hōc opusculō nec verbōrum concinnitās sit necessāria nec acūmen ingeniī, sed labor dīligēns ac fidēlis, ut, quae apud dīversōs historicōs [] dispersa [] prōferantur in medium. [] nōn quō tibi, imperātor invicte, [] quicquid dē maximīs rēbus semperque necessāriīs requīrendum crēdis, inveniās.]
      [] this work of ours does not wish for a great adornment of words, nor for great subtlety of thought; but for diligent and faithful work, so that that which is said separately by many [] is brought in one volume, and said openly, [] so that You, o victorious Emperor, [] find that which you go looking for of the great necessary things of cavalry.
    • 15th century, Angelo Poliziano, Ben venga maggio, collected in Rime by Natalino Sapegno, Roma, published 1965, lines 39–41:
      Amor ne vien ridendo
      con rose e gigli in testa,
      e vien di voi caendo.
      Love comes laughing, with roses and lilies on its head, and comes looking for you.

Usage notes

  • Usually used together with andare (to go) or venire (to come).

References

  • caendo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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