illune

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin illūnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ilˈlu.ne/
• Rhymes: -une
• Hyphenation: il‧lù‧ne

Adjective

illune (plural illuni)

1. (poetic) moonless (of a night)
   • 1903, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Il fanciullo [The Child]”, in Alcyone‎^[1], collected in D'Annunzio: versi d'amore e di gloria, volume 2, Milan, published 2004, section VI, lines 181–183:

     Navigando nell’alta notte illune, ¶ noi vedremo rilucere la riva ¶ del diurno fulgor ch’ella ritiene.

     Sailing through the high, moonless night, we will see the shore shining of the diurnal splendour she retains.

   • 1914, Guido Gozzano, “Della testa di morto – Acherontia Atropos [About the Death's Head – Acherontia atropos]”, in Poesie‎^[2], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 2012, section 5, page 148:

     sotto le grondaie, ¶ dorme con l'ali ripiegate a tetto. ¶ E n'esce a sera. Nelle sere illuni ¶ fredde stellate di settembre

     it sleeps under gutters, with its wings folded. And it comes out at night. In the cold, moonless, starry September nights

Related terms

• luna

Latin

Adjective

illūne

1. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter of illūnis