strupo

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stuprum (“dishonor, violation”), through metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstru.po/
• Rhymes: -upo
• Hyphenation: strù‧po

Noun

strupo m (plural strupi)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of stupro
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 7–12; 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:

     Poi si rivolse a quella ’nfiata labbia,
     e disse: «Taci, maladetto lupo!
     consuma dentro te con la tua rabbia.
     Non è sanza cagion l'andare al cupo:
     vuolsi ne l’alto, là dove Michele
     fé la vendetta del superbo strupo».

     He then turned to that bloated lip,
     and said. "Quiet, you cursed wolf!
     Consume yourself from within with your own rage.
     The journey to the darkness is not without a cause:
     thus is willed on high, where Michael
     took revenge for the proud violence."

Related terms

• strupare
• strupatore

Anagrams

• stupro, stuprò