preclaro
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praeclārus (“very clear or bright; famous”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpreclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclari, feminine plural preclare)
- (literary) illustrious
- 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven][1], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.- And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.
- (obsolete) luminous, bright
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- preclaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praeclārus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpreclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclaros, feminine plural preclaras)
- illustrious, eminent
- Synonym: ilustre
- 2021 December 8, Carlos Marcos, “Marilyn Manson: la caída al infierno del fantoche del rock”, in El País[3]:
- Mentes preclaras de gustos retorcidos, como los cineastas David Lynch o Tim Burton, el actor Shia LaBeouf, el documentalista Michael Moore o el gurú del rock avanzado y cabecilla del grupo Nine Inch Nails, Trenz Reznor.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “preclaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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