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truono

truono

Italian

Noun

truono m (plural truoni)

  1. Obsolete form of tuono.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto IV, p. 52, vv. 1-3:
      Ruppemi l'alto sonno ne la testa ¶ un greve truono, sì ch'io mi riscossi ¶ come persona ch'è per forza desta; [...]
      Broke the deep lethargy within my head ¶ a heavy thunder, so that I upstarted ¶ like to a person who by force is wakened; [...]
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