Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin rōrāre (to cause dew), derived from rōs (dew).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /roˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ro‧rà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

roràre (first-person singular present ròro, first-person singular past historic rorài, past participle roràto, auxiliary avére) (poetic, rare)

  1. (transitive) to sprinkle with dew
  2. (transitive, figurative) to revive, to renew
    Synonyms: ravvivare, rinnovare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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rōrāre

  1. inflection of rōrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative