cotanto

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu tantum, from Latin eccum + tantum (“so much”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈtan.to/ Rhymes: -anto Hyphenation: co‧tàn‧to === Determiner === cotanto (feminine cotanta, masculine plural cotanti, feminine plural cotante) (dated, literary) so much (in the plural) so many 1374, Francesco Petrarca, I Trionfi - “Trionfo d'amore” (Cristoforo Pasqualigo, Grimaldo (1874), p. 31, vv.115-117): such === Adverb === cotanto (dated, literary) so much, to such an extent for so long, for such a long time 1828, Giacomo Leopardi, A Silvia (Alessandro Donati, Giacomo Leopardi - Canti, Laterza (1917), p. 81 vv. 56-59): === Pronoun === cotanto (invariable) (archaic, literary) just this; only this c. 13th century, Novellino (Le ciento novelle antike, Girolamo Benedetti (1525)), D’un savio greco, c’uno re teneva in pregione, come giudicò d’uno destriere: === References === === Further reading === cotanto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana cotanto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa === Anagrams === canotto, contato