celabro
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cerebrum. Doublet of cerebro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcelabro m (plural celabri)
- (obsolete) brain
- Synonym: cervello
- 1525, Il novellino, o sia le cento novelle antiche[1], published 1852:
- Alcuno de’ savi riputava movimento d'umori, alcuno fievolezza d'animo, chi dicea infermità di celabro, chi dicea una, e chi dicea un’altra, secondo le diversità di loro scienze.
- Some of the wisemen thought about a movement of humours/humors, some [about] weakness of the soul, some talked about illness of the brain, some saying something, and some saying something else, according to the diversity of their knowledge.
Further reading
edit- celabro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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