rovente

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rubentem, accusative of rubēns, present active participle of rubeō (“I am red; I become red”). Doublet of rubente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈvɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: ro‧vèn‧te

Adjective

1. red-hot
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IX, page 136, lines 34–40:

     E altro disse, ma non l’ho a mente; ¶ però che l’occhio m’avea tutto tratto ¶ ver’ l’alta torre a la cima rovente, ¶ dove in un punto furon dritte ratto ¶ tre furïe infernal di sangue tinte, ¶ che membra feminine avieno e atto, ¶ e con idre verdissime eran cinte

     And more he said, but not in mind I have it; because mine eye had altogether drawn me towards the high tower with the red-flaming summit, where in a moment saw I swift uprisen the three infernal Furies stained with blood, who had the limbs of women and their mien, and with the greenest hydras were begirt

   Synonyms: arroventato, incandescente, infuocato

2. reddening, rubescent

   Synonyms: rosseggiante, (poetic) rubente, (literary) rubescente

3. burning

   Synonym: infuocato

Derived terms

• arroventare
• roventare
• roventino

References

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