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WordInfo
Morphology
Lemmata
Forms: persona (data provider: donatus-sup), persone (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Persón-a, s. f. dim. Persón-cína, Persón-cíno, Persón-étta, aug. Persón-cióne, disp. Persón-áccia,
1. a person, a body, a man, a woman. Egli è una buona —, he is a good body; 2. anybody, somebody. Vedete se c'è —, see if any body is there. Non c'è —, there is nobody; 3. life. Torre la — ad uno, to take one's life, to kill him. Campar la — ad uno, to save one's life; 4. shape. È ben fatto di —, he is well shaped. Star in petto ed in —, to stand stiff in a place like a statue; 5. personage, a great man. La — del cavallo, thebody of the horse. In —, in person, personally. — di spada, a soldier. Andare in —, to go in person, personally. Metter —, to increase, to become apparent. Sostener — di capitano,to perform the duties of a captain. Stare con alcuna —, to have connexion with a woman.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
persona: a person, a personage of man or woman, a bodie, a wight. Also the qualitie whereby one man differeth from another. Also a charge or office or part of any man. Also a vizard or false face.