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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative form of sacro (“saker falcon”).
Noun
sagro m (plural sagri)
- Alternative form of sacro
- saker, Saker falcon
late 13th century [1260–1267], “Dei falconi” (chapter 12), in anonymous translator, Il tesoro, translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 2, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 159:Lo sesto lignaggio è lo sagro. E quelli sono molto grandi, e somiglianti all’aquila bianca; ma degli occhi e del becco e dell’ale e dell’orgoglio sono somiglianti al girfalco, ma trovansene pochi.- The sixth kind is the saker. Those are very large, and resemble white eagles; but in their eyes, their beaks, their wings, and their pride, they resemble the gyrfalcon, but few can be found.
- (historical) saker (cannon)
Further reading
- sagro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”).
Adjective
sagro (feminine sagra, masculine plural sagri, feminine plural sagre) (archaic)
- Alternative form of sacro (“sacred”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sagro
- first-person singular present indicative of sagrare
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧gro
- Rhymes: -aɡɾu
Verb
sagro
- first-person singular present indicative of sagrar