igne
Italian
Etymology
A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin ignem[1], accusative singular of ignis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (“fire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɲɲe/, [ˈiɲɲe]
- Hyphenation: ì‧gne
Noun
igne m (plural igni)
- (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;
- [...] ma leggi Ezechïel, che li dipigne ¶ come li vide dalla fredda parte ¶ venir con vento e con nube e con igne;
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Latin
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