ermo

See also: Ermo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ermo, hermo, from Late Latin eremus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos). Cognate with Portuguese ermo and Spanish yermo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾmo̝/

Adjective

ermo (feminine erma, masculine plural ermos, feminine plural ermas)

1. uninhabited

   Synonym: deserto

2. solitary, retired (far from other inhabited places, not easily accessed)
3. uncultivated

Noun

ermo m (plural ermos)

1. waste, wasteland, wilderness, desert

   Synonyms: deserto, vougo

2. mold which grows in an empty cask and can affect the taste of wine

Derived terms

• Ermedesuxo
• Ermo

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ermo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “ermo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “lonely, solitary, desert, waste”). Doublet of eremo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈer.mo/, [ˈer̺mo], /ˈɛr.mo/, [ˈɛr̺mo]
• Hyphenation: ér‧mo, èr‧mo

Adjective

1. abandoned, deserted, solitary
   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Mentre che 'l cor dagli amorosi vermi”, in Il Canzoniere‎^[1], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 358, lines 1-4:

     Mentre che 'l cor dagli amorosi vermi ¶ fu consumato, e 'n fiamma amorosa arse, ¶ di vaga fera le vestigia sparse ¶ cercai per poggi solitari ed ermi.

     While my heart was being consumed by loving worms, burned in loving fire, I searched for traces of a wandering creature through the solitary enclosing hills.

   • 1877, Giosuè Carducci, “Sogno d'estate [Summer Dream]”, in Poesie‎^[2], Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 910, lines 29-31:

     Io guardava la madre, guardava pensoso il fratello, ¶ questi che or giace lungi su ’l poggio d’Arno fiorito, ¶ quella che dorme presso ne l’erma solenne Certosa;

     I looked at the mother, I pensively looked at the brother, the latter now lying on the flowering hillock of Arno, the former sleeping at the solitary charterhouse;

   • 1891, Giovanni Pascoli, “VII. Anniversario [Anniversary]”, in Myricae‎^[3], Livorno: Raffaello Giusti, published 1905, page 36, lines 9-11:

     Non son felici, sappi, ma serene: ¶ il lor sorriso ha una tristezza pia: ¶ io le guardo ― o mia sola erma famiglia! ―

     Know that they are not happy, but serene: their smile has a pious sadness: I look at them ― oh, my lonely solitary family! ―

2. (rare) Synonym of eremo: hermitage

Related terms

• eremo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ermo, hermo, from Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos). Compare Aromanian ermu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.mu/
• Hyphenation: er‧mo

Adjective

1. uninhabited
2. solitary, retired (far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed)

Noun

ermo m (plural ermos)

1. waste (desolate place)

See also

• deserto