almo
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmo/, [ʔʌlˈmɔ]
- Hyphenation: al‧mo
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin almus (“nourishing; kind”), from Proto-Italic *almos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elmos, derived from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.mo/
- Rhymes: -almo
- Hyphenation: àl‧mo
Adjective
almo (feminine alma, masculine plural almi, feminine plural alme)
- (literary) nourishing; life-giving
- Synonym: (literary) altore
- (by extension, literary) great, noble, magnificent
Further reading
- almo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
References
- “almo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “almo”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “almo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “almo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalmo/ [ˈal.mo]
- Rhymes: -almo
- Syllabification: al‧mo
Further reading
- “almo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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