# eglino
## Italian
### Alternative forms

* ellino, (rare) egliono

### Etymology

Derived from egli, elli (“he”) +‎ -no (pluralizing suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeʎ.ʎi.no/
* Rhymes: -eʎʎino
* Hyphenation: é‧gli‧no

### Pronoun

eglino m pl (feminine elleno) (obsolete except literary and Tuscan)
* they (3rd-person-plural masculine personal pronoun)
** 13th century, “ⅩⅩⅩⅡ. Del pigliar lupi, e volpi”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 526:Volpi, e lupi massimamente si pigliano con tagliuola di ferro, che intorno a se hae molti ramponi aguzzati: ed eglino hanno intorno ad esse un'anelloFoxes, and especially wolves, are caught by using an iron snare, which has many sharp points around, and they have a ring around them
** 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991, section 1:acciò ch’eglino si esercitino adoperando le virtudi e schifino i vizii, e l’aversitadi sostegnano con forte animo a bene e stato della nostra repubblicaso that they practice, employing virtues, and reject vices, and shoulder adversities with a strong soul, for the good and stability of our republic
** 15th century, Leon Battista Alberti, I libri della famiglia‎, collected in Opere volgari, page 19:e’ cercano e’ figliuoli farli massai, ivi gli fanno miseri e servili, dove eglino stimano più le ricchezze che lo onoreThey try to make their sons into bailiffs, so they make them miserable and servile, where they appreciate riches more than honor
** 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎, page 8:I Medicamenti, che si maneggiano dallo Speziale, ò eglino son semplici al senso, et all'apparenza, ò si chiamano semplici rispetto alle medicine composte.The medicaments handled by the grocer, they either are simple to the senses, or in appearance, or are called "simple" as opposed to the compound medications.
** 1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, La fiera‎, published 1726, page 131:Piatti di frastagliami, Frutte, pane, salumi: ove vann' eglino?Plates of offal, fruit, bread, sausages: where are they going?
** 1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects]‎, Florence, page 3:Ha corte l’ali la ragione andando dietro a’ sensi; perchè più oltre di quello, ch’eglino apprendono, ella in cotale inchiesta non può comprendere.Reason has short wings when following the senses, because it cannot comprehend more, in this research, than what they can learn.
** 1764, Cesare Beccaria, “Introduzione [Introduction]”, in Dei delitti e delle pene [On Crimes and Punishments]‎, Paris: Dal Molini, published 1780, page 5:La tortura e i tormenti sono eglino giusti, e ottengono eglino il fine che si propongono le leggi?Torture and torments, are they right, and do they reach the end at which the laws aim?
** 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Storia del genere umano [History of Humankind]”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works]‎, Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 11:Deucalione e Pirra […] sedevano in cima a una rupe chiamando la morte con efficacissimo desiderio, non che eglino temessero nè deplorassero il fato comune.Deucalion and Pyrrha sat at the top of a cliff, calling for Death with a very effective desire, for they did not fear or shame the common fate
** 1846, Claudio Dalmazzo, “Libro sesto”, in La prima deca di Tito Livio [Titus Livius' First Decade]‎, translation of Ab Urbe Condita Libri by Titus Livius, page 87:I Volsci per grande dispetto uscirono alla battaglia (però ch'eglino credevano che la maggior parte de' Romani fosse distrutta e morta da' Galli)With great disdain, the Volsci came out to battle (because they thought the largest part of the Romans had been destroyed and killed by the Gauls)
** 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Elegie romane‎, page 252:ivi ben poco apprendono, se non che ombre li seguono ovunque eglino vadanoAnd there they learn very little, except that shadows follow them wherever they go

#### See also

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
| Singular | third | m | esso$^1$, egli, elli$^3$ | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
| Singular | third | f | essa, ella, Ella$^2$ | si, s' | la, l' | le, ella$^3$ | vi, v' | ne, n' | essa, sé |
| Plural | third | m | essi, eglino$^3$, ellino$^3$, elli$^3$ | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
| Plural | third | f | esse, elle$^3$, elleno$^3$ | si, s' | le | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | esse, elle$^3$, sé |
| $^1$ | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | Refers predominantly to non-humans. |
| $^2$ | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | Highly elevated variant of Lei. |
| $^3$ | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. | Archaic. |

### Further reading

* eglino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* “eglino”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 5 e–fin, UTET, 1968, page 67

### Anagrams

* gelino, geloni, ligneo