prandio

See also: prândio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prandium (“luncheon”). Doublet of pranzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpran.djo/
• Rhymes: -andjo
• Hyphenation: pràn‧dio

Noun

prandio m (plural prandi) (archaic or literary)

1. lunch

   Synonym: pranzo

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della fama - Capitolo II [Triumph of Fame, chapter 2]”, in I trionfi [Triumphs], collected in Le rime di M. Francesco Petrarca, Venice: Giuseppe Bortoli, published 1739, page 308, lines 22–24:

     Leonida, ch'a' suoi lieto propose
     Un duro prandio, una terribil cena;
     E 'n poca piazza fè mirabil cose.

     Leonidas, who gladly offered his men a hard lunch and a dreadful dinner, and did wonderful things with little room.

2. banquet

   Synonym: banchetto

   • 1822, Alessandro Manzoni, “Atto III: Coro [Third Act: Chorus]”, in Adelchi‎^[1], collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, published 1881, page 58:

     Sospeser le gioie dei prandi festosi,
     assursero in fretta dai blandi riposi,
     chiamati repente da squillo guerrier.

     They interrupted the joys of the merry banquets, quickly rose from their bland rest, suddenly called forth by a warriorlike blast.

Derived terms

• prandiale

Anagrams

• Pindaro, padrino, padroni, pandori

Latin

Noun

prandiō

1. dative/ablative singular of prandium