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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian tempia, ultimately from Latin tempus.
Pronunciation
Noun
tempio (accusative singular tempion, plural tempioj, accusative plural tempiojn)
- (anatomy) temple
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin templum.[1] First attested 14th century.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtem.pjo/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pjo/[3]
- Rhymes: -empjo, (traditional) -ɛmpjo
- Hyphenation: tém‧pio, (traditional) tèm‧pio
Noun
tempio m (plural templi or (often avoided due to the homonymous plural of tempo) tempi or (dated) tempî, diminutive tempiétto)[1]
- (religion) temple
- il tempio di Giove/Zeus ― the temple of Jupiter/Zeus
- il tempio di Atene ― the temple of Athens
- i templi egizi/egiziani ― the Egyptian temples
- Gesù caccia i mercanti dal tempio (di Gerusalemme) ― Jesus hunts the merchants from the temple (of Jerusalem)
1321 [1308-1320], Alighieri Dante, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem), Canto XXXI, lines 43–44:[…] E quasi peregrin che si ricrea
Nel tempio del suo voto riguardando, […]- And almost unusual that is recreated
In the temple of his vote concerning,
1581 [1581], Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered] (epic poem), Canto II, ottava rima 5, page 35, lines 33–34:Nel tempio de’ cristiani occulto giace
Un sotterraneo altare, […]- In the temple of the Christians, occult lies
An underground altar,
1807 [1806-1807], Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri [Dei Sepolcri] (poem), lines 104–105:Non sempre i sassi sepolcrali a’ templi
Fean pavimento; […]- Not always the sepulchral stones at the temples
Act as floor;
1807 [1806-1807], Ugo Foscolo, quoting Basilica of the Holy Cross, Florence, Dei Sepolcri [Dei Sepolcri] (poem), lines 180–181:Ma più beata ché in un tempio accolte
Serbi l’Itale glorie, […]- But more blessed because in a temple welcomed
Maintains the Italy glories,
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- (figurative, literary) temple
1516 [1516], Ludovico Ariosto, quoting Anna Trastàmara d'Aragona, Orlando Furioso [Orlando Furioso] (epic poem), Canto 46, ottava rima 9, lines 1–2:Anna [d’Aragona], bella, gentil, cortese e saggia,
Di castità, di fede e d’amor tempio.- Anna , beautiful, kind, courteous and wise,
Of chastity, of faith and of temple love.
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- (by extension of the previous sense) temple, capital, seat
- New York è il tempio della finanza internazionale. ― New York is the temple of international finance.
- Firenze è il tempio del rinascimento italiano. ― Florence is the temple of the Italian Renaissance.
- (literary) the sky/heaven/paradise as a temple
1321 [1308-1320], Alighieri Dante, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem), Canto XXVIII, lines 53–54:[…] In questo miro e angelico templo
Che solo amore e luce ha per confine, […]- In this admired and angelic paradise
That only love and light has boundaries, - (literally, “ In this admired and angelic temple
That only love and light has boundaries, ”)
1581 [1581], Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered] (epic poem), Canto VIII, ottava rima 44, page 256, lines 349–350:Essi del ciel nel luminoso tempio
Han corona immortal del vincer loro- They of heaven in the luminous paradise
Have immortal crown of their winning - (literally, “They of sky in the luminous temple
Have immortal crown of their winning”)
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- the firmament as a temple
1581 [1581], Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered] (epic poem), Canto XVIII, ottava rima 13, page 211, lines 97–98:[…] : oh quante belle
Luci il tempio celeste in sé raguna!- : oh how many beautiful
Lights the firmament in itself meets! - (literally, “ : oh how many beautiful
Lights the heavenly temple in itself meets!”)
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