# sermone
## Italian
### Alternative forms

* sermo (archaic)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sermōnem (“conversation; speech”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /serˈmo.ne/
* Rhymes: -one
* Hyphenation: ser‧mó‧ne

### Noun

sermone m (plural sermoni)
* (archaic) language, speech
    Synonyms: lingua, linguaggio
** 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “XL — S’Amore o Morte non dà qualche stroppio”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–9; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:i’ farò forse un mio lavor sí doppio tra lo stil de’ moderni e ’l sermon prisco, che, paventosamente a dirlo ardisco, infin a Roma n’udirai lo scoppio.Perhaps I will create a double work in modern style but with ancient language, so that, I’m fearful of saying it too boldly, you’ll hear the noise even as far as Rome.
** 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 17:Misere labbra, che temprar non sanno Con le Galliche grazie il sermon nostroBleak lips, that know not how to soften our language through the Gaulish graces
** speech (act of speaking); the words uttered in speech
    Synonym: parlare
*** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 136–138; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Quando 'l maestro fu sovr'esso fermo, disse: «Chi fosti, che per tante punte soffi con sangue doloroso sermo?When near him had the Master stayed his steps, he said: "Who were you, that through so many wounds are blowing out with blood your dolorous speech?"
*** 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 31”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 51; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:e venne con Grifon, con Aquilante […] a cheti passi e senza alcun sermone.He came with Gryphon and with Aquilant, with stealthy pace and without speaking.
** (literary) sermon, lecture
    Synonym: orazione
*** 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 145–148; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ma voi torcete a la religïone tal che fia nato a cignersi la spada, e fate re di tal ch'è da sermone; onde la traccia vostra è fuor di stradaBut you unto religion wrench aside him who was born to gird him with the sword, and make a king of him who is for sermons; therefore your footsteps wander from the road
* (literary) poetic work with moralistic and didascalic features

#### Derived terms

* sermoneggiare

#### Related terms

* sermonare
* sermonatore
* sermoncino

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /serˈmoː.ne/, [s̠ɛrˈmoːnɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /serˈmo.ne/, [serˈmɔːne]

### Noun

sermōne
* ablative singular of sermō

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman sermun.

#### Noun

sermone
* Alternative form of sermoun

### Etymology 2

From Old French sermoner.

#### Verb

sermone
* Alternative form of sermonen