#old italian

[yvanspijk]

Niente, nada, nimic

The Spanish word nada (nothing) stems from a Latin word meaning 'born'. For example, no veo nada ('I don't see anything') comes from the construction nōn videō rem nātam, literally 'I don't see a born thing'. The word rem ('thing'), in turn, is the ancestor of rien, the French word for 'nothing'.

The Latin pronouns for 'nothing' and 'no one', nihil and nemō, didn't do well in the Romance daughter languages: they were supplanted by all sorts of innovated pronouns used in twofold negations with non, ne, no etc. Today's infographic shows these pronouns and their origins in a selection of the Romance languages.

In French, you negate a sentence by adding ne ... pas, as in je ne fume pas ('I don't smoke'). Originally, the word pas only meant 'step'. How did it become part of the negation? I tell all about it on my Patreon (650 words).

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[etherealarte]

[jackfromnc]

Ricotta Pie Old Italian Recipe This Italian-style ricotta pie recipe is ideal for special occasions because it has a decadent sweetened crust and mini chocolate chips in the smooth ricotta filling. 2 cups white sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 4 cups all-purpose flour, 12 large eggs, 3 pounds ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon milk, 4 large eggs lightly beaten, 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips or to taste, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 cup shortening chilled, 1 cup white sugar, 5 teaspoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon shortening chilled

[seaponies]

Ricotta Pie Old Italian Recipe Recipe This Italian-style ricotta pie recipe is ideal for special occasions because it has a decadent sweetened crust and mini chocolate chips in the smooth ricotta filling.

[mohntilyet]

still i think the one of the more fun differences drawn between illario and lucanis that was lost would be illario's ability to endear himself to others but serious lack of empathy, vs. lucanis' (self perceived) inability to be charming but how much he cares. it's interesting that the game has gone with the "lucanis' ability vs illario's lack thereof" because i think illario being the dellamorte 'best in show dog' vs. lucanis' attack dog would have made me so unwell.

lucanis is... awkward. he's not unlikable, because he is usually very polite, but he doesn't speak much and only seems to care about the other dellamortes. he once sent viago de riva a knife with no note (who knows what he could have meant by this). he does what caterina asks of him, and by his own admission, cannot say no to her. he is a dramatic and prolific killer, and that makes how untouchable he is even worse.

and the crows like illario, sure, AND he's a good assassin! he's even a good crow! he's so good that he can make lucanis smile, and so he is the charming, sociable one. he's the one that stays in treviso and can be relied upon to care, illario's even the one people prefer over caterina and lucanis!

but illario is decoration. he's the prize poodle, and even if poodles were bred to be working dogs, nobody will ever pick him to protect the house over the german shepherd that regularly mauls intruders. anyways the analogy is getting away from me. the point i'm trying to make is that i want illario to have a different kind of jealousy/hatred that's not just over 'being bad at killing' but also an arrogant loathing for everyone around him that is getting harder to hide, because they've forgotten he can bite and is just itching to rip someone's jugular out. illario is very good at hiding his family resemblance to caterina, while lucanis suffers under his grandmother's, and his own, reputation.

[vintage-tigre]

Monica Belucci, 1995

[eroticlamb]

Cristina Gaioni as Jeanine in A Hyena in the Safe, 1968. Directed by Cesare Canevari

[yiska-h]

TRITONE E NEREIDE - Roberto Ferri - Oil on canvas, 2024.

[demonwolfgoodies]

Home Bar - Living Room Large eclectic open concept living room idea with a bar, multicolored walls, a brick fireplace, a standard fireplace, and porcelain tile flooring.

[yvanspijk]

The journey of pepper

The word pepper made a long journey. It stems from Sanskrit pippaliḥ. A descendant of this word made its way west through borrowing, ending up in Ancient Greek as píperi. Latin, in turn, borrowed this word as piper, which was then borrowed by Proto-West Germanic, the ancestor of English, as *pepar. This became Old English peoper, which evolved into Modern English pepper. Click the infographic to learn more.

Via Ancient Greek, Latin, and the descendants of Sanskrit, the word made its way into numerous languages from different Indo-European and non-Indo-European families. The boxes in the infographic provide examples of these borrowings. In some languages the word only refers to the spice made of the black peppercorns (of the genus Piper nigrum), in others to the spicy fruits (Capsicum) or both.

[kittycatfailcat]

Home Bar - Living Room Living room - large eclectic open concept porcelain tile and brown floor living room idea with a bar, multicolored walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace and a media wall

[etherealarte]

[dreamer-classics]

by zachbrehl via instagram

[abnormes]

Ania Pieroni in Inferno (1980)

[bodies-made-of-art]

Odelisque by Francesco Hayez (1867)