prora

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See also: proră

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōra, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to go forth, to cross”). Doublet of proda and prua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Hyphenation: prò‧ra

Noun

prora f (plural prore)

  1. (literary) bow, bows, prow (of a ship)
    Synonym: prua
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXVI, pp. 390-391, vv. 139-141:
      a la quarta levar la poppa in suso ¶ e la prora ire in giù, com'altrui piacque, ¶ infin che 'l mar fu sovra noi richiuso».
      at the fourth time it made the stern uplift ¶ and the prow downward go, as pleased Another, ¶ until the sea above us closed again».

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: proră

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prōra f (genitive prōrae); first declension

  1. (nautical) prow
    • Vergilius, Aeneis, Book VI
      Obvertunt pelago proras
      They turn their prows to the sea.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōra prōrae
Genitive prōrae prōrārum
Dative prōrae prōrīs
Accusative prōram prōrās
Ablative prōrā prōrīs
Vocative prōra prōrae

Descendants

References

  • “prora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “prora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • prora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “prora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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