pulcro
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulkro/, [ˈpul̺.kr̺o]
- Hyphenation: pùl‧cro
Adjective
pulcro (feminine singular pulcra, masculine plural pulcri, feminine plural pulcre)
- (archaic, literary) beautiful, fair
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VII, p. 111, vv. 58-60:
- «[...] Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro ¶ ha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa: ¶ qual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro. [...]»
- «[...] Ill giving and ill keeping the fair world ¶ have ta'en from them, and placed them in this scuffle; ¶ whate'er it be, no words adorn I for it. [...]»
- «[...] Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro ¶ ha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa: ¶ qual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro. [...]»
- Synonym: bello
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VII, p. 111, vv. 58-60:
Latin
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuɫ.krʊ/, [ˈpul̺.kr̺u]
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulkɾo/
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