oppido
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔp.pi.do/
- Rhymes: -ɔppido
- Hyphenation: òp‧pi‧do
Further reading
- oppido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Said to be the dative of oppidum (“town”) in the sense "so greatly that it's enough for an entire town".
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, 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)
- (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: eruptionem facere ex oppido
- oppido in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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