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A·ri·os·to

 (är′ē-ŏs′tō, -ō′stō, ăr′-), Ludovico or Lodovico 1474-1533.
Italian writer primarily known for his epic comic poem Orlando Furioso, first published in 1516.
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Ariosto

(Italian aˈrjɔsto)
n
(Biography) Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)
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A•ri•os•to

(ˌɑr iˈɒs toʊ)

n.
Ludovico, 1474–1533, Italian poet.
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Sustained Welsh pressure reduced Italy to 12 men at one point, with flanker Lodovico Manni and props Mancini Parri and Danilo Fischetti all being yellow-carded in an eightminute period either side of halftime.
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