Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēlūbrum (shrine).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈlu.bro/, (proscribed) /ˈdɛ.lu.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ubro, (proscribed) -ɛlubro
  • Hyphenation: de‧lù‧bro, (proscribed) dè‧lu‧bro

Noun

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delubro m (plural delubri)

  1. (literary) temple, shrine
    Synonym: tempio
    • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[1], lines 79–81; 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:
      Con costui corse infino al lito rubro;
      con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace,
      che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.
      With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; with him it placed the world in so great peace, that unto Janus was his temple closed.

Further reading

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

Latin

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Noun

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dēlūbrō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of dēlūbrum