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Italian
Etymology
From Latin aethra, from Ancient Greek αἴθρα (aíthra), akin to αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).
Pronunciation
Noun
etra m (plural etri) (poetic)
- air
- Synonyms: (poetic) aere, aria, (literary, poetic) aura, (poetic) etere
1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 40, lines 8–11:Noi l’insueto allor gaudio ravviva,
quando per l’etra liquido si volve
e per li campi trepidanti il flutto
polveroso de’ Noti […]- For us an unaccustomed joy revives only when the dust-filled flow of the south-wind blows through the liquid air and over the quivering fields
- sky
- Synonyms: cielo, (literary) empireo, (poetic) etere, firmamento
1813, Ugo Foscolo, “Pallade [Pallas]”, in Inno alle grazie, Florence, published 1848, page 68:Non men dell’altre gareggiante, all’etra
Flora vola, e d’olezzi Iride allegra
Passando, e toglie, a varïar quel peplo,
I color rugiadosi. […]- Competing no less than the others, Flora flies to the sky, and Iris, joyful in scents, passes by and takes out, to make that peplos varied, the dewy colors.
Further reading
- etra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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