IPPOLITO PINDEMONTE
\ˌɪpəlˈiːtə͡ʊ pˈɪndɪmˌɒnt], \ˌɪpəlˈiːtəʊ pˈɪndɪmˌɒnt], \ˌɪ_p_ə_l_ˈiː_t_əʊ p_ˈɪ_n_d_ɪ_m_ˌɒ_n_t]\
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An Italian poet; 1753-1828. He achieved a distinguished reputation by his works: "Poems of the Fields" (1788), among the best of their kind in Italian literature; "Various Poems" (1798); "Epistles in Verse" (1805); a translation of Homer's Odyssey (1809-22); "Discourses" (1819: Sermoni, after the manner of Horace's "Satires".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.