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costà

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of costar

From Latin eccum istāc.

  • IPA(key): /koˈsta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: co‧stà

costà

  1. (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

  1. to cost