algore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin algor, algōrem (“cold”), from the verb algeō (“I am, feel cold”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *algʰ- (“frost, cold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈɡo.re/, [al̺ˈɡoːr̺e]
  • Hyphenation: al‧gó‧re

Noun

algore m (plural algori)

  1. (literary) intense cold, frost
    Synonyms: freddo, gelo
    Antonyms: caldo, calore
    • 1532, Luigi Alamanni, Opere toscane‎, Rome, published 1806, page 254:
      Di piaggia in piaggia, e d’uno in altro monte ¶ Cantando vo nel più gelato algore ¶ Il mio gran Re, che con divino onore ¶ Tien di mille virtù corona in fronte.
      From beach to beach, and from a mountain to another, in the most freezing cold, I sing of my king, who, with divine honor, wears a crown of a thousand virtues on his head.

Anagrams

References
  • algore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • algore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Noun

algōre

  1. ablative singular of algor
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