Italian: attera pei nemici di DioEnglish translation: a thunderbolt that strikes for the enemies of God on this earth  KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More  |
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | attera pei nemici di Dio | | English translation: | a thunderbolt that strikes for the enemies of God on this earth | | Entered by: | xxxIno66 |
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Art/Literary - Music / Opera | | Italian term or phrase: attera pei nemici di Dio | Opera, Stiffelio, an elderly minister looks through the Bible and declares how it will help Stiffelio, a young minister:
Sequi, Stiffelio, e tua parola sia
Tempesta che distrugge,
onda che ingoja, o fologore che attera
Pei nemici di Dio su questa terra.
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| | a thunderbolt that strikes for the enemies of God on this earth | Explanation:
Freely: A thunderbolt that knocks down, that crushes, the enemies of God.
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Note added at 2003-07-28 15:58:59 (GMT)
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It seems that \"attera\" (\"atterra\") is used intransitively here to produce an alliterative effect with \"terra\" in the next line. |
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| a thunderbolt that strikes for the enemies of God on this earth
Explanation:
Freely: A thunderbolt that knocks down, that crushes, the enemies of God.
pei(preposizione articolata poetica):per i
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Note added at 2003-07-28 15:58:59 (GMT)
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It seems that \"attera\" (\"atterra\") is used intransitively here to produce an alliterative effect with \"terra\" in the next line.
| xxxIno66
United States
Native speaker of:  Greek
PRO pts in category: 16
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| Note from asker to answerer| Great, that fits in with the context |
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