miglio
See also: Miglio
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmiglio (plural miglios or miglia)
- The Italian mile.
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBack-formation from the plural miglia, from Latin mīlia n pl (“thousand”) in the phrase mīlia passuum (“thousand paces”). Doublet of mille.
Noun
editmiglio m (plural miglia f)
- (units of measure) the Italian mile, a traditional unit of length derived from the Roman mile
- (units of measure) the international mile and other "mile" unit
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Noun
editmiglio m (plural migli)
- (foods) millet
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La formica e il chicco di grano”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 285:
- La formica, trovato un grano di miglio, il grano, sentendosi preso da quella, gridò : — Se mi fai tanto piacere di lasciarmi fruire il mio desiderio del nascere, io ti renderò cento me medesimi. — E così fu fatto.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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edit- miglio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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