invegliare

Italian

Etymology

Reshaping of invigilare according to vegliare (to watch over; to stay up). Doublet of invigilare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.veʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧glià‧re

Verb

invegliàre (first-person singular present invéglio, first-person singular past historic invegliài, past participle invegliàto, auxiliary avére) (literary, rare, intransitive or transitive) [auxiliary avere]

  1. Alternative form of invigilare
    • 1581, “Libro XII [Book 12]”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide - Tomo secondo [Aeneid], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, page 266:
      [] in tutti i casi inveglio e curo ¶ Che ’l mio stato si salvi e la tua vita.
      In any case, I watch over to make sure to save my state and your life.

Conjugation

Further reading

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