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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oppidum (“town”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oppido m (plural oppidi)
- (rare, historical, Ancient Rome) a fortified settlement
Further reading
- oppido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Said to be the dative of oppidum (“town”) in the sense "so greatly that it's enough for an entire town".
Adverb
oppidō (not comparable)
- (colloquial in classical texts) very, greatly, much
Noun
oppidō
- dative/ablative singular of oppidum
References
- “oppido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oppido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oppido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: eruptionem facere ex oppido
- (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
- oppido in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016