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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ἱερατικός (hieratikós), from ἱερατεία (hierateía, “priesthood”), from ἱερατεύω (hierateúō, “be a priest”), from ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈra.ti.ko/
- Rhymes: -atiko
- Hyphenation: ie‧rà‧ti‧co
Adjective
ieratico (feminine ieratica, masculine plural ieratici, feminine plural ieratiche)
- hieratic
- solemn
2019 November, Silvia Ferrara, La grande invenzione, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, pages 16–17:Né dobbiamo immaginare la figura eterea e ieratica dello scriba, solo e concentrato, intento, in una giornata di pioggia o di afa, a fare disegnini per dare forma al proto-cuneiforme o al cinese arcaico e completarli in un giorno.- Neither should we imagine the solemn and ethereal figure of the scribe, alone and focused, busy, in a rainy or sultry day, drawing doodles to shape proto-Cuneiform or Old Chinese completing them in one day.
Noun
ieratico m (plural ieratici)
- (history) Egyptian hieratic script
Further reading
- ieratico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- ieratico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ieratico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- ieratico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ieràtico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ieràtico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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