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Una Furtiva "Lagrima" not "Lacrima"?
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razzking
Mar 29, 2019, 9:47:34 AM3/29/19
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Here's something I've noticed over about 50 years. The aria Nemorino sings in L'elisire d'amore is always rendered as "Una Furtiva Lagrima"
I noticed that "lagrima" is the Spanish spelling & pronunciation. The Italian word for "tear" is "lacrima." Why is this? I know languages change subtly all the time. Was there a consonant shift in Italian in the early to mid 19th century that accounts for the difference in spelling?
A super-duper boring question perhaps
I noticed that "lagrima" is the Spanish spelling & pronunciation. The Italian word for "tear" is "lacrima." Why is this? I know languages change subtly all the time. Was there a consonant shift in Italian in the early to mid 19th century that accounts for the difference in spelling?
A super-duper boring question perhaps
Chiara Giannini
Dec 5, 2023, 11:50:35 PM12/5/23
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Axel Reichert
Dec 6, 2023, 1:02:46 AM12/6/23
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and
https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/lagrima
mention "lagrima" as "antico".
Best regards
Axel
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