delubro
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlūbrum (“shrine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈlu.bro/, (proscribed) /ˈdɛ.lu.bro/
- Rhymes: -ubro, (proscribed) -ɛlubro
- Hyphenation: de‧lù‧bro, (proscribed) dè‧lu‧bro
Noun
delubro m (plural delubri)
- (literary) temple, shrine
- Synonym: tempio
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto VI”, in Paradiso, 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.
Further reading
- delubro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
dēlūbrō n
- dative/ablative singular of dēlūbrum