oppido

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oppidum (“town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.pi.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔppido
• Hyphenation: òp‧pi‧do

Noun

oppido m (plural oppidi)

1. (rare, historical, Ancient Rome) a fortified settlement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• doppio, doppiò

Latin

Etymology

Said to be the dative of oppidum (“town”) in the sense "so greatly that it's enough for an entire town".

Adverb

oppidō (not comparable)

1. (colloquial in classical texts) very, greatly, much

Noun

oppidō

1. dative/ablative singular of oppidum

References

• “oppido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oppido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oppido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: eruptionem facere ex oppido
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
    
• oppido in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016