The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diurna \Di*ur"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.
Wikipedia
Diurna is a Latin & Italian word relating to 'day'. Sometimes refers to:
- Acta Diurna ('Daily Acts'), the newspaper of Rome, recording legal matters & public news of the Republic & Empire
- Encyclia diurna, a species of orchid
Usage examples of "diurna".
La CompuFax aveva assunto, a dirigere il proprio Studio cinematografico, Ash Levine e Sidney Templeton, che venivano dalla televisione diurna di New York.
Poi, come se quel breve sprazzo di luce diurna l'avesse già infastidito abbastanza, si affrettò a rifugiarsi nella penombra confortevole del suo studio.
La luce diurna, grigia ma confortante, riempiva gli angoli della stanza.
Quis enim adeo obtunisi (obtusi) pectores (is) et a sensu inhumanitatis extorris est qui ignorare potest immo non senserit in venalibus rebus quaevel in mercimoniis aguntur vel diurna urbium conversatione tractantur, in tantum se licen liam defusisse, ut effraenata libido rapien - rum copia nec annorum ubertatibus mitigaretur.
Their institution, however, is ascribed to the year 585 in the Acta Diurna, which have been published from the papers of Ludovicus Vives.
Era troppo livido perché fosse normale luce diurna, eppure non poteva essere altrimenti, perché là fuori c'era solo il sole ad attenderlo.
Here are eloquent volumes - nocturna vet-sate manu, vet-sate diurna - worth a whole library of mere print: there is your father on the other side of the road.
Their institution, however, is ascribed to the year 585 in the Acta Diurna, which have been published from the papers of Ludovicus Vives.