igne

See also: igné, ignè, and iğne

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin ignem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɲ.ɲe/
• Rhymes: -iɲɲe
• Hyphenation: ì‧gne

Noun

igne m (plural igni)

1. (obsolete, literary) fire

   Synonym: fuoco

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXIX, page 450, lines 100–102:

     ma leggi Ezechïel, che li dipigne ¶ come li vide dalla fredda parte ¶ venir con vento e con nube e con igne

     but read Ezekiel, who depicts them as he beheld them from the cold region coming with cloud, with whirlwind, and with fire

Related terms

• igneo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geni, genî, gine-

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiɡ.ne/, [ˈɪŋnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈiɲ.ɲe/, [ˈiɲːe]

Noun

igne

1. ablative singular of ignis