zefierno

Neapolitan

Noun

zefierno m (plural zefierne)

1. devil, demon, archdemon
   • 1635, Pentamerone IV.5,^[1]

     […] chi è stato lo figlio de lo Zefierno, che v'ave puosto a sti saute" ("What child of the Devil has egged you on to these tricks," Penzer tr.)

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   • 1786, La Gierosalemme libberata (Neaplitan tr. of w:Jerusalem Delivered), Canto IX.15,^[2]

     Protone sbacantaje lo Nfierno, e ffore/ Sgrottaie co li Zefierne lo scorore (for "Grim Pluto emptied hell's abyss, and poured/From gloomy Tartarus his blackest night", Sir John Kingston James tr.)

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Synonyms

• demonio