Nembrotto

See also: nembrotto

Italian

Etymology

From Nimrod, with final devoicing, and the development of an epenthetic -b- and a paragogic -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nemˈbrɔt.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtto
  • Hyphenation: Nem‧bròt‧to

Proper noun

Nembrotto m

  1. Alternative form of Nimrod
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Poi disse a me: «Elli stessi s'accusa;
      questi è Nembrotto, per lo cui mal coto
      pur un linguaggio nel mondo non s'usa.»
      Then said to me: "He accuses himself; this one is Nimrod, by whose evil thought one language in the world is not still used."
    • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo, Ⅱ Come per la confusione della torre di Babello si cominciò ad abitare il mondo. [First Book, 2 - How the world started being inhabited due to the confusion of the Tower of Babel]”, in Giovanni Porta, editor, Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], Ugo Guanda, published 1991:
      Noi troviamo per le storie della Bibbia e per quelle degli Asseriani che Nembrotto il gigante fu il primo re, overo rettore e ragunatore di congregazione di genti
      Through the stories of the Bible, and those of the Assyrians, we find that Nimrod the giant was the first king, that is, ruler and gatherer of a congregation of people

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Nembrotto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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