Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Sustán-za, Sustán-zia, s. f.
1. substance, essence, being, matter, reality, quiddity, the essence or being of a thing. — angelica, an angelic substance, the angels; 2. the substance, most material part of a discourse. In —, in short; 3. substance, property, goods, wealth. V. sostanza.
