Carlo Passerini Tosi

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Carlo Passerini Tosi (* 1916 in Milan , † 1991 in Bergamo ) was an Italian classical philologist, Romanist , Italianist and lexicographer.

life and work

Passerini Tosi studied ancient languages ​​at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. From 1943 he was assistant for Greek at the University of Neuchâtel . After the war he taught in Bergamo. From 1965 he worked in the lexicographical department of the Accademia della Crusca . In Bergamo he was involved in local politics.

Works

  • (Translator) Oscar Milosz, Miguel Mañara. Mistero in sei quadri , Brescia 1947, 1962, 1969
  • (Ed.) Max Niedermann , Elementi di fonetica storica del latino , Bergamo 1948 (preface by Giacomo Devoto )
  • Dizionario pratico della lingua italiana , Bergamo 1960 (1113 pages, foreword by Gianfranco Folena )
  • Dizionario della lingua italiana , Milan 1969 (1743 pages)
  • Dizionario inglese-italiano, Italian-English , Turin 1989 (2556 pages)

literature

  • Aldo Duro , 188. La lexicographie italienne du XXe siècle, in: Dictionaries. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. An international handbook on lexicography. Second part of volume , ed. by Franz Josef Hausmann , Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand and Ladislav Zgusta , Berlin. New York 1990, pp. 1863-1880

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personal data
SURNAME Passerini Tosi, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical philologist, Romanist, Italianist and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH 1991
Place of death Bergamo