penna

Example Sentences

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In this country the problem is to decline "penna:" in Germany "mensa" is the word.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

But, alas! with the book the sounds glided away; and "penna" and "pennam" and "pennis" and "pennæ" were confusedly and indiscriminately mingled.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

A Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or quality; as, Caesar, Caesar; Rōma, Rome; penna, feather; virtūs, courage.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

La penna non vale un corno, ne pure quello che la dirigge.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

His putting to flight the assassins in Ferrara gave him such a reputation for courage, that there went about in his honour a popular couplet   "Colla penna e colla spada   Nessun val quanto Torquato."

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato