Dante

[ dan-tee, dahn-tey; Italian dahn-te ]

noun

1. Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.

Dante

/ ˈdæntɪ; ˈdante; dænˈtiːən; ˈdɑːnteɪ; ˈdæntɪən; dænˈtɛsk /

noun

1. Dante12651321MItalianWRITING: poet full name Dante Alighieri ( Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice

Dante

1. An Italian poet of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; his full name was Dante Alighieri. Dante is remembered for his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, an epic about hell , purgatory , and heaven . The Divine Comedy was written as a memorial to Beatrice, a woman whom Dante loved and who died at an early age.

Derived Forms

• Dantean, adjective

Example Sentences

The name came from Dante’s Inferno, in which the River Acheron carries people to hell.

From Outside Online

The sinners damned to eternal torment in Dante’s Inferno thank the narrator for his pity.

From Nautilus

Bo Bichette, son of Dante, is on the surging Toronto Blue Jays with Guerrero — as is Cavan Biggio, son of Craig.

From Washington Post

In an emotional address at a press conference about the grand jury’s decision, de Blasio talked about how he and wife had had to “literally train” their teenage son Dante to “take special care” with officers.

From ProPublica

Because Chirlane and I have had to talk to Dante for years, about the dangers he may face.

From The Daily Beast

Grenier speaks about his favorite writers, from Dante to Fitzgerald, as if they are his best friends.

From The Daily Beast

Creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have you covered.

From The Daily Beast

Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.

From The Daily Beast

He said it was a scene that only Dante could have described.

From The Daily Beast

The intellectual temperament finds voice in many great expressions, which are very Dante and also very Thomas, as Par.

From Project Gutenberg

The poet Dante, then in his 24th year, was present, and served in the foremost troop of cavalry.

From Project Gutenberg

But Dante did not impose his language upon Italy by the sole superiority of his great poem.

From Project Gutenberg

It is remarkable that Dante has copied the same passage, and has the word voltando; Inf.

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He spoke of Dante and Angelo, who were two of his heroes; he told of great experiences among the latter's titan frescos.

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