Italian edit

Etymology edit

From mirra +‎ -are.

Verb edit

mirràre (first-person singular present mìrro, first-person singular past historic mirrài, past participle mirràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to honor with myrrh

Usage notes edit

  • This is a hapax legomenon, occurring only once in Dante's Paradiso. Various other meanings have been given to it, e.g. "to make incorruptible", "to contemplate".

Conjugation edit