costui

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum istūi, (genitive-)dative masculine singular of *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + istī, influenced by cui (to whom). Compare Romanian acestui, Old French cestui.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈstuj/
  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Hyphenation: co‧stùi

Pronoun

costui m (feminine costei, plural costoro, demonstrative)

  1. (literary, used to indicate a person close to the speaker) he, him; this man
    • 1911, Giovanni Diodatti, Il Nuovo Testamento del Nostro Signore e Salvatore Gesù Cristo, San Giovanni 7:25, page 247:
      Non è costui quel ch'essi cercan di uccidere?
      Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

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