celabro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cerebrum. Doublet of cerebro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.la.bro/
- Rhymes: -ɛlabro
- Hyphenation: cè‧la‧bro
Noun
celabro m (plural celabri)
- (obsolete) brain
- Synonym: cervello
- 1525, Il novellino, o sia le cento novelle antiche, published 1852:
- Alcuno de’ savi riputava movimento d'umori, alcuno fievolezza d'animo, chi dicea infermità di celabro, chi dicea una, e chi dicea un’altra, secondo le diversità di loro scienze.
- Some of the wisemen thought about a movement of humours/humors, some [about] weakness of the soul, some talked about illness of the brain, some saying something, and some saying something else, according to the diversity of their knowledge.
Further reading
- celabro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana