eterno

• IPA^(key): /eˈterno/

eterno (accusative singular eternon, plural eternoj, accusative plural eternojn)

1. eternity

   Synonym: eterneco

Borrowed from Latin aeternus.

eterno m (feminine singular eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)

1. eternal

• IPA^(key): /eˈtɛr.no/, [eˈt̪ɛr̺n̺o]
• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: e‧tèr‧no

First attested 14th century. From Latin aeternus, from an earlier form aeviternus, derived from aevum (“time; age”).[1]

• etterno (archaic)

eterno (feminine singular eterna, masculine plural eterni, feminine plural eterne)

1. eternal, everlasting

   Synonym: eternale (archaic, poetic)

   • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione‎, published 1833, Chapter 2, page 11:

     Il corto termine della vita posto ¶ Non è da consumare in quelle cose, ¶ che ’l bene eterno ci fanno nascosto.

     The short limit set to life is not to be consumed in those things which make the eternal goodness hidden from us.

   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto 42, page 195:

     Piena d’un foco eterno è quella mazza, ¶ Che ſenza conſumarſi ogn’hora auampa; ¶ Ne per buon ſcudo o tempra di corazza ¶ O per groſſezza d’elmo ſe ne ſcampa.

     That mace is filled with an eternal fire, always burning without ever dying out; and no good shield, or tempered armour, or thick helm is enough to escape it.

   • 1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro I, Capitolo III”, in Gli asolani, published 1989:

     Infin quel dì, che pria la punse Amore, ¶ Andromeda ebbe sempre affanno e noia; ¶ Poi ch’a Perseo si diè, diletto e gioia ¶ Seguilla viva, e morta eterno onore.

     Until that day, before she was stung by Love, Andromeda was always bothered and bored; after she gave herself to Perseus, she was followed by delight and joy in life, and eternal honour in death.

   • 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Proemio”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater]‎, London, lines 1–4, page 51:

     Odio all’emula Roma acerbo eterno ¶ Giurava il forte Annibale su l’ara: ¶ Nè a vuoto usciva la minaccia amara, ¶ Che gli era anzi di Gloria eccelso perno.

     Harsh, eternal hatred to the rival Rome swore Hannibal the strong upon the altar; and the bitter threat was not in vain, but instead was paramount crux of glory to him.

   • 1803, Ugo Foscolo, “Alla sera [To the Evening]”, in Sonetti [Sonnets]‎, collected in Opere scelte di Ugo Foscolo, vol. 2, Florence, published 1835, page 116:

     Vagar mi fai co’ miei pensier su l’orme ¶ Che vanno al nulla eterno; e intanto fugge ¶ Questo reo tempo, e van con lui le torme ¶ Delle cure, onde meco egli si strugge

     You make me wander with my thoughts, on footprints leading to eternal nothingness; meanwhile, this guilty time passes, and with him the crowds of worries that make him struggle along with me

eterno m (uncountable)

1. eternity
   • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “XII. L'infinito [12. The Infinite]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 8–11, page 49:

     […] E come il vento ¶ odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello ¶ infinito silenzio a questa voce ¶ vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno

     And, as I hear the wind blowing through these plants, I compare that infinite silence to this voice, and I think of eternity

• eternamente

See the etymology of the main entry.

eterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of eternare

• tenero, tenore

• eterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Latin aeternus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ˈtɛɾ.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈtɛɾnu/, /eˈtɛɹnu/
• Hyphenation: e‧ter‧no

eterno m (feminine singular eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas, comparable)

1. eternal

Borrowed from Latin aeternus.

eterno (feminine singular eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)

1. eternal