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combusto

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin combustus (burnt).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈbu.sto/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: com‧bù‧sto

Adjective

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combusto (feminine combusta, masculine plural combusti, feminine plural combuste)

  1. burnt, burned
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 73–75; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Poeta fui, e cantai di quel giusto / figliuol d’Anchise che venne di Troia, / poi che ’l superbo Ilïón fu combusto.
      A poet I was, and I sang that just son of Anchises, who came forth from Troy, after that the superb Ilion the was burned.
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Further reading

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

Latin

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Participle

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combustō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of combustus