delubro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlūbrum (“shrine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈlu.bro/, [d̪eˈl̺uːbr̺o]
• Rhymes: -ubro
• Hyphenation: de‧lù‧bro

Noun

delubro m (plural delubri)

1. (literary) temple, shrine

   Synonym: tempio

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, page 105, lines 79–81:

     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.

References

• delubro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) dēlūbrō n

1. dative singular of dēlūbrum
2. ablative singular of dēlūbrum