Noun: capitanio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧nio
| Singular m | capitanio |
| Plural m | capitani; capitanii |
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entrao in terra romana moito de tenerissima etate, e fu omo de masnata e deventao virtuosissimo capitanio e fecese omo de granne fatto e de granne valore (he entered the Roman land at a very young age; he was part of a criminal gang, and became a really brave captain, turning into a man of great action and great valor) [1350s, anonymous author, “Della galea sorrenata e derobata in piaia romana [About the galley that ran ashore and was ransacked in a beach of Rome]” (chapter 16), in Cronica [Chronicle] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:]
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