passito

Italian

Participle

passito (feminine passita, masculine plural passiti, feminine plural passite)

  1. past participle of passire

Noun

passito m (plural passiti)

  1. straw wine
  2. any of several more alcoholic wines obtained by first drying the grapes on rush matting

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Related to passer. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

passitō (present infinitive passitāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (intransitive, of starlings) to cry

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

References

  • passito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "passitare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)