abituro

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin habitūrium, derived from Classical Latin habitō (to reside; to dwell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.biˈtu.ro/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tù‧ro

Noun

abituro m (plural abituri)

  1. (literary) abode, dwelling
    Synonym: dimora
    • mid 13th century1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Come Athalan ebbe tre figliuoli, e di Italia per cui fu nominata [How Atalan had three children; and of Italy, which was named after him]” (chapter 3), in Istoria antica, pages 2–3; republished as Istoria antica di Ricordano Malespini gentil'uomo fiorentino dall’edificazione di Fiorenza insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giachetto suo nipote dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Stamperia Giunti, 1568:
      lo terzo figliuolo hebbe nome Sichano, [] e degnamẽte fu chiamato pero che fue lo ſezaio figliuolo, e fu quello che prima ando in Sicilia e preſela per ſuo abituro, per lui è coſì chiamata
      [lo terzo figliuolo ebbe nome Sicano [] ; e degnamente fu chiamato, perocché fue lo sezzaio figliuolo, e fu quello che prima andò in Sicilia, e presela per suo abituro: per lui è così chiamata]
      the third children was named Sicanus ; and his name was appropriate, since he was the last child, and was the one who first went to Sicily, and took it as his abode: it [Sicily] is thus named after him
  2. (literary) hovel
    Synonym: baracca
    • 14th century, Domenico Cavalca, Vite de’ SS. Padri - Tomo sesto, Milan: Giovanni Silvestri, published 1830, page 399:
      uno sacco teneva tutto quello che avevano nella cella e nello loro abituro
      Everything they had in their cell and in their hovel fit inside one sack

References

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

Latin

Participle

abitūrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of abitūrus