igne

See also: iğne and igné

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin ignem, accusative singular of ignis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɲɲe/, [ˈiɲɲe]
• Hyphenation: ì‧gne

Noun

igne m (plural igni)

1. (obsolete, literary) fire

   Synonym: fuoco

   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto XXIX, p. 450 vv. 100-102:

     [...] ma leggi Ezechïel, che li dipigne ¶ come li vide dalla fredda parte ¶ venir con vento e con nube e con igne;

     [...] but read Ezekiel, who depicteth them ¶ as he beheld them from the region cold ¶ coming with cloud, with whirlwind, and with fire;

Related terms

• igneo

Anagrams

• geni

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) īgne

1. ablative singular of īgnis