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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prandium (“luncheon”). Doublet of pranzo.
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Noun
prandio m (plural prandi) (archaic or literary)
- lunch
- Synonym: pranzo
1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della fama - Capitolo II [Triumph of Fame, chapter 2]”, in I trionfi [Triumphs], collected in Le rime di M. Francesco Petrarca, Venice: Giuseppe Bortoli, published 1739, page 308, lines 22–24:Leonida, ch'a' suoi lieto propose
Un duro prandio, una terribil cena;
E 'n poca piazza fè mirabil cose.- Leonidas, who gladly offered his men a hard lunch and a dreadful dinner, and did wonderful things with little room.
- banquet
- Synonym: banchetto
1822, Alessandro Manzoni, “Atto III: Coro [Third Act: Chorus]”, in Adelchi, collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, published 1881, page 58:Sospeser le gioie dei prandi festosi,
assursero in fretta dai blandi riposi,
chiamati repente da squillo guerrier.- They interrupted the joys of the merry banquets, quickly rose from their bland rest, suddenly called forth by a warriorlike blast.
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Latin
Noun
prandiō
- dative/ablative singular of prandium