algore

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin algor, algōrem (“cold”), from the verb algeō (“I am, feel cold”), from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European root *algʰ- (“frost, cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈɡo.re/, [al̺ˈɡoːr̺e]
• Hyphenation: al‧gó‧re

Noun

algore m (plural algori)

1. (literary) intense cold, frost

   Synonyms: freddo, gelo

   Antonyms: caldo, calore

   • 1532, Luigi Alamanni, Opere toscane‎^[1], Rome, published 1806, page 254:

     Di piaggia in piaggia, e d’uno in altro monte ¶ Cantando vo nel più gelato algore ¶ Il mio gran Re, che con divino onore ¶ Tien di mille virtù corona in fronte.

     From beach to beach, and from a mountain to another, in the most freezing cold, I sing of my king, who, with divine honor, wears a crown of a thousand virtues on his head.

Related terms

• algido
• algente

Anagrams

• regalo, regalò, regola

References

• algore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Template:R:DIO

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) algōre

1. ablative singular of algor