montare in cattedra
Italian
Alternative forms
- stare in cattedra
- sedere in cattedra
- salire in cattedra
Etymology
Literally, “mount in professorship.” Compare French monter en chaire.
Verb
montàre in cattedra (first-person singular present mónto in cattedra, first-person singular past historic montài in cattedra, past participle montàto in cattedra, auxiliary èssere)
- (idiomatic) to speak in a professorial, presumptuous, and dogmatic way; to pontificate