La città del Sole: Italiaans boek voor halfgevorderden (B2)

Woordenlijst

altare · altar ((sin. ara, mensa sacra))

tavolo sacro sul quale si celebrano i riti religiosi.

a sacred table on which religious rites are celebrated.

Instead of statues, two globes, heaven and earth: nature itself is the object of worship.

anima · soul ((sin. spirito, essenza))

parte spirituale dell'uomo, sede dei pensieri e dei sentimenti.

the spiritual part of a person, the seat of thoughts and feelings.

The soul comes from heaven and returns to it: life, for the Solarians, is a voyage, a metaphor the sailor understands.

aratro · plough ((sin. strumento agricolo, vomere))

strumento agricolo che apre e rivolta la terra per la semina.

a farm tool that opens and turns the soil for sowing.

Even the rulers can drive a plough: no hand in the city is too noble for the earth.

assedio · siege ((sin. accerchiamento, blocco))

accerchiamento di una città per costringerla ad arrendersi.

the surrounding of a city to force it to surrender.

Seven walls mean seven sieges: the city's shape makes conquest an exhausted enemy's dream.

astro · heavenly body ((sin. stella, corpo celeste))

corpo celeste: stella, pianeta o altro oggetto del cielo.

a celestial body: a star, a planet or another object in the sky.

The heavenly bodies regulate feasts and sowings: the sky is the city's public clock.

astrologia · astrology ((sin. scienza degli astri, lettura del cielo))

studio antico degli astri e della loro influenza sugli uomini.

the ancient study of the stars and their influence on people.

For the Solarians astrology is a science of right moments: a calendar, never a chain.

carestia · famine ((sin. fame, penuria))

grave mancanza di cibo che colpisce un intero paese.

a serious lack of food that strikes an entire country.

Famine (a real terror of the 1600s) survives in the city only as a picture on the walls, among ancient misfortunes.

carro · cart ((sin. veicolo, carrozza))

veicolo con ruote trainato da animali o mosso dal vento.

a wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or moved by the wind.

The wind-driven carts really existed as experiments in Campanella's time; here they are everyday transport.

cavaliere · knight ((sin. guerriero, militare a cavallo))

guerriero a cavallo; membro di un ordine militare e religioso.

a warrior on horseback; a member of a military and religious order.

The Hospitaller knight is the reader's stand-in: practical, sceptical, and slowly changed by what he hears.

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