D The letter D. which often stands for fiue hundred.
D' with an Apostrophe before vowels serueth for Da, or Di, as D'altra parte.
Da, before any number, about, Sono da uẻnti, they are about twenty.
Da, is sometimes a preposition before any Infinitiue Moode, namely if it answer, or haue relation to any thing mencioned before, it implieth a necessity, a conueniency, a reason, a meanes or cause of any action, to, for to, as, A che é buóno quésto? whereto is this good? Da uedére, Da mangiáre, Da fáre, for to see, for to eat, for to doe, &c.
DAB Da, sometimes a Preposition of the Genitiue case as Di of, as pálla da vento, a ball of wind, &c.
Da, a Prepositi[on] or signe of the Ablatiue case, from, from of, as Da Dío solo procéde ógni bene, from God alone proceedeth all goodnesse.
Da, being ioyned or hauing relation to the Verbe Andáre or fuggíre and naming or implying the party to whom one goeth or runneth is a signe of the Datiue case vnto, towards, to, as Doue andáte o fuggíte così in frétta? whether goe you or run you in such haste? Io vádo o fúggo dal Sr. Andrẻa ouer dal signór Thomáso, I goe or run vnto Mr. Andrew, or else to Mr. Thomas.
Da, with the correspondency of A. signifieth, betweene, as in this example, accióche accórdo hauésse da lui alla chiésa, or fu aspra battáglia dagli usciti Guẻlfi a' Tedeschi.
Da, being ioyned to any Noune of profession becomes as a signe of aptitude, conueniency, decency or proportion and is expressed as an Adverb of similitude, as Da soldáto, Da huómo da bene, like a soldier, as an honest man, in manner of a souldier, honest man-like.
Da, signifieth sometimes, of, as Da méno, of lesse worth, Da più, of more worth.