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costà
costà
- (Tuscany) there
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 40–42; 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:
Allor distese al legno ambo le mani;
per che ’l maestro accorto lo sospinse,
dicendo: « Via costà con li altri cani! ».- Then stretched he both his hands on the boat; at which my wary Master thrust him back, saying, "Away there with the other dogs!"
- costà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Akin to Italian costare, from Latin constare.
costà
- to cost