ieratico

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Italian

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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)

  1. hieratic
  2. 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)

  1. (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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