somma

Named after Mount Somma, a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper cone of Mount Vesuvius has grown.

somma (plural sommas)

1. (geology) A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.
   • 2013, John P. Lockwood, Richard W. Hazlett, Volcanoes: Global Perspectives:

     Eventually, a renewed edifice may grow large enough even to bury its somma, or sommas, completely, leaving no clue in its shape to a history of former catastrophe(s).

• Mamos, ammos, mamos, sammo

somma

1. third-person singular past historic of sommer

• IPA^(key): /ˈsom.ma/
• Rhymes: -omma
• Hyphenation: sóm‧ma

From Latin summa.

somma f (plural somme)

1. sum, amount
2. addition, sum

   Synonym: addizione

3. gist, essence, sum, conclusion

   Synonyms: sostanza, succo, conclusione

4. summit, pinnacle, top, peak (the highest point)
5. a learned exposition, typically theological or philosophical

• in somma
• sommare
• sommista

• assommare
• sommario
• sommatoria

somma f

1. feminine singular of sommo (“highest, greatest”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

somma

1. inflection of sommare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Italian somma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔm.ma/

somma f (plural somom)

1. sum, total