prandio

Borrowed from Latin prandium (“luncheon”). Doublet of pranzo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpran.djo/, [ˈpr̺än̪d̪jo]
• Rhymes: -andjo
• Stress: pràndio
• Hyphenation: pran‧dio

prandio m (plural prandi) (archaic or literary)

1. lunch

   Synonym: pranzo

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della fama - Capitolo II [Triumph of Fame, chapter 2]”, in I trionfi [Triumphs], collected in Le rime di M. Francesco Petrarca, Venice: Giuseppe Bortoli, published 1739, lines 22–24, page 308:

     Leonida, ch'a' ſuoi lieto propoſe ¶ Un duro prandio, una terribil cena; ¶ E 'n poca piazza fè mirabil coſe.

     Leonidas, who gladly offered his men a hard lunch and a dreadful dinner, and did wonderful things with little room.

2. banquet

   Synonym: banchetto

   • 1822, Alessandro Manzoni, “Atto III: Coro [Third Act: Chorus]”, in Adelchi‎, collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, page 58:

     Sospeser le gioie dei prandi festosi, ¶ assursero in fretta dai blandi riposi, ¶ chiamati repente da squillo guerrier.

     They interrupted the joys of the merry banquets, quickly rose from their bland rest, suddenly called forth by a warriorlike blast.

• prandiale

prandiō

1. dative singular of prandium
2. ablative singular of prandium