delubro
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēlūbrum (“shrine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /deˈlu.bro/, (proscribed) /ˈdɛ.lu.bro/
- Rhymes: -ubro, (proscribed) -ɛlubro
- Hyphenation: de‧lù‧bro, (proscribed) dè‧lu‧bro
Noun[edit]
delubro m (plural delubri)
- (literary) temple, shrine
- Synonym: tempio
- c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Paradiso [Heaven][1], lines 79–81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Con costui corse infino al lito rubro;
con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace,
che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.- With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; with him it placed the world in so great peace, that unto Janus was his temple closed.
Further reading[edit]
- delubro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
dēlūbrō n
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlubro/3 syllables
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