soverchio – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of soverchio

Adjective: soverchio

Hyphenation: so‧vèr‧chio
Singular m.soverchio
Singular f.soverchia
Plural m.soverchi
Plural f.soverchie

Sample Sentences

  • Amor ch’ a ciò m’invoglia,
  • Sia la mia scorta e ’nsegnimi ’l cammino,
  • E col desio le mie rime contempre;
  • Ma non in guisa che lo cor si stempre
  • Di soverchia dolcezza […] (May Love, who creates my longing, be my guide, and show me the road, and let my verse match my desire: but not so that the heart may be out of tune through overwhelming sweetness) [1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “LXXIII — Poi che per mio destino”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 4–8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:]

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *superculum. Compare Sicilian superchiu.

Verbs referencing "soverchio"

Galician Adjectives sobexo.

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