alluminare

From alluminio +‎ -are.

• alluminiare

alluminàre (first-person singular present allumìno, first-person singular past historic alluminài, past participle alluminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to aluminize, to cover with aluminum/aluminium

From allume +‎ -are, influenced by Etymology 1.

alluminàre (first-person singular present allùmino, first-person singular past historic alluminài, past participle alluminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to treat with alum

   Synonym: allumare

Borrowed from Old French enluminer.

alluminàre (first-person singular present allùmino, first-person singular past historic alluminài, past participle alluminàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic or literary)

1. to add gold or silver to pigments in order to make (a painting, usually a miniature) shine
2. (by extension) to paint in vivid colors

• alluminatore
• alluminatura

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre.

alluminàre (first-person singular present allùmino, first-person singular past historic alluminài, past participle alluminàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, poetic, archaic or Tuscan) to illuminate
   • c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La luce, l'ombra e i colori”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 219:

     Ogni colore è più bello nella sua parte alluminata che nell’ombrosa, e questo nasce che il lume vivifica e dà vera notizia della qualità de’ colori, e l’ombra amorza e oscura la medesima bellezza e impedisce la notizia d’esso colore

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• alluminerà