allor che

Italian

Adverb

Alternative form of allorché
- early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XVIII”, in Purgatorio, lines 76, 79–81:
  La luna […]
  correa contra ’l ciel per quelle strade
  che ’l sole infiamma allor che quel da Roma
  tra ’ Sardi e ’ Corsi il vede quando cade.
  The moon was rising in the sky in the direction opposite to that of the Sun, when someone in Rome sees it set between Sardinia and Corsica.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see allor,‎ che.

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