sermo

See also: sermó

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sermō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmo
• Hyphenation: sèr‧mo

Noun

sermo m (plural sermi)

1. (archaic) alternative form of sermone
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 136–138; 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:

     Quando ’l maestro fu sovr’esso fermo, / disse: «Chi fosti, che per tante punte / soffi con sangue doloroso sermo?».

     When near him had the Master stopped, he said: “Who wast thou, that through so many wounds art blowing out with blood thy painful speech?”

Anagrams

• merso, morse