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Lemmata
Forms: senno (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Sénn-o, s. m. dim. Sénn-íno, Sénn-úccio, aug. Sénn-óne,
1. good sense, prudence, judgment, wisdom, knowledge, learning. Un uomo di gran —, a man of great sense or understanding; 2. wit, brains.Di rado fa meschianza bellezza con —, wit and beauty seldom go together; 3. sense. I cinque senni, the five natural senses; 4. wits, senses, reason. Trarre del —, to make one go mad. Uscir di —, to lose one's wits, to grow mad. Esser in buon —, to be in one's right senses;5. sense, signification; 6. opinion, sense, judgment.S'io debbo dire intieramente il mio —, if I must give my opinion fully; 7 craftiness, trick, deceit. (The word senno joined with the verb fare has the signification of an adverb, and it implies wisdom, prudence, discretion, and the like.) Voi volete credere altrui più che a me, e di ciò non fate nè ben nè —, you will rather trust another than me, and in that you act neither well nor wisely. Senno, with the preposition a or per before it, signifies, will, pleasure, way, discretion. Ognuno fa a suo —, every body does as he likes. Io voglio disporre del mio a mio —, I'll do what I please with my own. Se a mio — farai, sarai felice, if you take my advice, you will be happy. Da —, in earnest, seriously. Parlate voi da —? do you speak in earnest? Saper per lo —, to have a thing at one's finger's ends.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
senno: wit, reason, sence, knowledge, disoretion, iudgement. Also good sooth or carnestnesse, as Da Sénno, in good earnestnesse, or in good sooth.