corona vallare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vallāris corōna (literally “rampart crown”).

Noun

corona vallare f (plural corone vallari)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome, military) a symbolic honour/honor given to the first soldier who mounted the enemy's rampart

Further reading

• vallare¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana