[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to understand a phrase in a historical context and I'm stuck on the phrase 'He was stoned'. Can you help me translate it into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The phrase 'He was stoned' can be translated to Italian as '\u00c8 stato lapidato'. In this context,'stoned' means being killed or punished by throwing stones, which is the historical meaning of the phrase."}]