igne

See also: igné, ignè, and iğne

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin ignem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (fire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɲ.ɲe/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲe
  • Hyphenation: ì‧gne

Noun

igne m (plural igni)

  1. (obsolete, literary) fire
    Synonym: fuoco
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXIX, page 450, lines 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 depicts them as he beheld them from the cold region coming with cloud, with whirlwind, and with fire

Further reading

  • igne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

igne

  1. ablative singular of ignis
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