Luthic/Time

The measurement

Il dagu (the day)

The day (il dagu) is naturally made up of twenty-four hours (vintafidvor ore), which is separated in eight irregular times of day.

• 06:00–07:30 L’Orronu “the sunrise”
  • The first time the sun is seen in the horizon is called L’alba “the daybreak”
  • The soft glowing light when the sun is still below the horizon is called Atha creposcolo orroni “The twilight of sunrise”
• 07:30–12:00 La maurgna “the morning”
• 12:00–17:00 Il dagu “the day”
  • 12:00–13:00 Il mezzodagu “the noon”
  • 13:00–17:00 Il pommeriggiu “the afternoon”
• 17:00–17:30 Atha sagqo “the sunset”
  • The last time the sun is seen in the horizon is called Il tramontu “the setting (of the sun)”
  • The soft glowing light when the sun is still below the horizon is called Atha creposcolo sagqi “The twilight of sunset”
• 17:30–21:30 La sera “the evening”
• 21:30–00:00 Il nattu “the night”
• 00:00–01:00 Il mezzonattu “the midnight”
• 01:00–06:00 La ottva “the dawn”

In general speech, only la maurgna, il dagu and la sera are used for greetings, and il nattu is used as a farewell:

• Buona maurgna!
• Buono dago!
• Buona sera!
• Buono natto!

In high register language, l’orronu and il pommeriggiu are also included:

• Buonorrono! (univerbation)
• Buono pommeriggio!