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Novenario

23:14 Jun 21, 2018
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Italian term or phrase: Novenario
I am translating a description of a poem and it uses "novenari" to describe the structure - "Costruiti con tre novenari"

Wiki tells me that this is "a line of verse containing nine syllables" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/novenario) yet gives no English translation. I would like to know if there is an English translation of this, or if it is not really used in English poetry and therefore has no translation.
fountain
United Kingdom


Summary of answers provided
4 +1nine-syllable line
philgoddard
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Novenario
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novenario
nine-syllable line


Explanation:
You could say "novenari (nine-syllable lines)", though I don't think the Italian word would really add anything.

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-06-22 00:16:47 GMT)
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Or enneasyllable, but very few people will understand this.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/enneasyllabic

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 65

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BdiL: But, please, read my reference comment. Maurizio
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Reference comments


9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Novenario

Reference information:
The "Novenario" is characterized not only by the nine syllables, but by a peculiar rhythm, due to which syllables are stressed. In a sense, recalling the Latin and Greek metrics. Cfr. decasillabo and endecasillabo, and read Dante's opinion for rejecting (or harshly criticizing) the Novenario.

In my opinion a translation such as "nine-syllable line (Novenario)" would add something, supplying a line for the reader to a more complete understanding of what remains an Italian composition.
Maurizio


    Reference: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/novenario
BdiL
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PRO pts in category: 8

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