millenario

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin mīllēnārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mil.leˈna.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: mil‧le‧nà‧rio

Adjective

millenario (feminine millenaria, masculine plural millenari, feminine plural millenarie)

  1. (obsolete) thousandfold
    • 13581361 [578595], Zanobi da Strada, transl., Morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe [Morals of pontiff St. Gregory the Great on the Book of Job] (Biblical commentary), translation of Mōrālia in Iōb by Gregorius Anicius (in Late Latin); republished as “Libro XXXII [Book 32]” (chapter 6), in I morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe volgarizzati da Zanobi da Strata, volume 4, Rome: Rocco Bernabò, 1730, section 12, page 430:
      Per lo numero millenario, perchè è numero perfetto, quantunque ſia minore, ſi figura il tempo della ſanta chieſa
      [Per lo numero millenario, perché è numero perfetto, quantunque sia minore, si figura il tempo della santa chiesa]
      Despite it being lesser, the timespan of the holy church is represented through the number 1000, because it is a perfect number
      (literally, “Through the thousandfold number, because it is a perfect number, although it's lesser, it's represented the timespan of the holy church”)
    • 1477 [413426], “Capitolo .xxiii.” (chapter 23), Libro xx., in Antonio Miscomini, transl., De la cità di Dio [On the city of God]‎ (theology; manuscript), translation of Dē cīvitāte Deī by Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (in Late Latin), page 537:
      Or che ſequeſto decenario numero ſono ſignificati tutti gli uniuerſi Re: dopo liquali colui dee uenire come per lo millenario centenario et ſeptenario e ſignificata ſpeſſe uolte launiuerſita et ꝑ altri numeri chi none neceſſario diricordarlo ora.
      [Or che se questo decenario numero sono significati tutti gli universi re — dopo li quali colui dee venire — come per lo millenario, centenario e settenario è significata spesse volte la università, e per altri numeri chi non è necessario di ricordarlo ora[?]]
      So, what if this 10 represents all of the kings, after whom he is to come, as 1000, 100, and 7—as well as other numbers that don't need to be remembered now—often represent totality?
      (literally, “So that if this tenfold number are represented all the kings in their entirety, after whom he must come, like by the thousandfold , hundredfold , and sevenfold it's represented oftentimes the totality, and by other numbers that is not necessary to remember now.”)
    • 1568 [1547], “Della confessione sacramentale [Of sacramental confession]” (chapter 26), in Antonio Buonagrazia, transl., Scudo della fede [Shield of faith]‎, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, translation of Le bouclier de la foy by Nicole Grenier (in Middle French), Confessori ignoranti, son cagion di molti scandali [Ignorant confessors are the reason of many scandals], page 186:
      oh ſciocco medico [] guarda di non ingannare l’anima tua , e quella del tuo ammalato , che è il pouero penitente , affinche tu non riceua doppia pena , e ſettupla o millenaria
      [oh sciocco medico [] guarda di non ingannare l'anima tua, e quella del tuo ammalato, che è il povero penitente, affinché tu non riceva doppia pena, e settupla o millenaria]
      Oh, foolish medic, try not to fool your own soul, and that of your patient, who is the poor penitent, so that you don't receive a double, sevenfold, or thousandfold punishment
  2. (one) thousand-year-old
  3. (Christianity) millenarian
  4. millennial (occurring every 1000 years)

Noun

millenario m (plural millenari)

  1. a thousandth anniversary
    Coordinate terms: anniversario, (uncommon) annuale, centennale, centenario, cinquantenario, decennale, novennale, quarantennale, quindicennale, quinquennale, (literary, rare) sesquicentenario, sessantenario, settantenario, trentennale, ventennale, venticinquennale
  2. (Christianity, uncommon) millenarianist
    Synonym: millenarista
  3. (Christianity, historical) Russellite
    Synonym: chiliasta

Further reading

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

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Latin

Adjective

mīllēnāriō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mīllēnārius