illune

illune

Italian

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin illūnem.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ilˈlu.ne/
    • Rhymes: -une
    • Hyphenation: il‧lù‧ne

    Adjective

    illune m or f by sense (plural illuni)

    1. (poetic) moonless (of a night)
      • 1903, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Il fanciullo [The Child]”, in Alcyone‎[1], collected in D'Annunzio: versi d'amore e di gloria, volume 2, Milan, published 2004, section VI, lines 181–183:
        Navigando nell’alta notte illune, ¶ noi vedremo rilucere la riva ¶ del diurno fulgor ch’ella ritiene.
        Sailing through the high, moonless night, we will see the shore shining of the diurnal splendour she retains.
      • 1914, Guido Gozzano, “Della testa di morto – Acherontia Atropos [About the Death's Head – Acherontia atropos]”, in Poesie‎[2], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 2012, section 5, page 148:
        sotto le grondaie, ¶ dorme con l'ali ripiegate a tetto. ¶ E n'esce a sera. Nelle sere illuni ¶ fredde stellate di settembre
        it sleeps under gutters, with its wings folded. And it comes out at night. In the cold, moonless, starry September nights

    Latin

    Adjective

    illūne

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter of illūnis
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