cotale

Italian

Alternative forms

• cotal (apocopic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum tālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈta.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: co‧tà‧le

Determiner

cotale m or f by sense (plural cotali)

1. (dated) such

   Synonym: tale

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto II”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 109-114; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Al mondo non fur mai persone ratte
     a far lor pro o a fuggir lor danno,
     com’io, dopo cotai parole fatte,
     venni qua giù del mio beato scanno,
     fidandomi del tuo parlare onesto,
     ch’onora te e quei ch’udito l’ hanno".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronoun

cotale (plural cotali)

1. (dated, chiefly derogatory) such a person, this sort of person

Adverb

cotale

1. in this way, in such a way, so

   Synonym: in tal modo

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 25-27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     vid’io lo Minotauro far cotale;
     e quello accorto gridò: "Corri al varco;
     mentre ch’e’ ’nfuria, è buon che tu ti cale".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• celato, colate, locate