cenotafio

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cenotafio (Wikipedia approfondimento) m (pl.: cenotafi)

  1. (architettura) monumento funerario commemorativo edificato non per effettuare la sepoltura ma per memoria di personaggi illustri
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IPA: /t͡ʃenoˈtafi̯o/

attestato per la prima volta a fine XVII secolo, deriva dal latino cenotaphium, a sua volta prestito dal greco antico κενοτάφιον composto di κενός "vuoto" e τάφος "tomba". Confronta il verbo κενοταφέω "onorare costruendo un sepolcro vuoto".

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