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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *niblus, syncopated form of Latin nibulus, from an alteration of Latin milvus.
Noun
nibbio m (plural nibbi)
- kite (bird)
c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il volo”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 123:Il nibbio e li altri uccelli che battan poco le alie, vanno cercando il corso del vento e quando il vento regnia in alto, allora essi fieno veduti in grande altura, e se regnia basso, essi stanno bassi.- The kite and the other birds that seldom flap their wings, look for the flow of the wind and when the wind reigns high, then they will be seen at great heights, and if it reigns low, they stay low.
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