ulto

English

Adverb

ulto (not comparable)

1. Contraction of ultimo (of last month).

Anagrams

• Toul, lout, tolu

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultus, past participle of ulcīscor (“I avenge; I take vengeance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: ùl‧to

Participle

ulto (feminine ulta, masculine plural ulti, feminine plural ulte)

1. (poetic) avenged, revenged

   Synonym: vendicato

   Antonym: (literary) inulto

   • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 41”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 62; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

     […] nel proprio loco fia sepulto, / ove anco ucciso da la gente fella: / per questo tardi vendicato et ulto / fia da la moglie e da la sua sorella.

     […] he will be buried in his place, where [he was] also killed by wicked people. For this he will be avenged late by his wife and sister.

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia‎^[1], Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 162:

     […] ne’ campi memori / De la clade che ancora ulta non fu / Scenda a pugnar con impeto / D’odio maturo l’itala virtú

     in the fields mindful of the bloodshed still not avenged, may the Italian virtue come to fight with the force of mature hatred

Related terms

• ultore

Anagrams

• luto

Latin

Participle

ultō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ultus