amariello

amariello

1. neuter singular of amariellu

From Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾjeʎo/

amariello m (feminine amariella, masculine plural amariellos, feminine plural amariellas)

1. yellow
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r:

     […] aſſi que ſe non puede quebrantar con ninguna coſa ſi no cõ el laton amariello que es tinto con la tutia de alexandria.

     so it cannot be broken with anything except with the yellow brass tainted by Alexandrian zinc oxide.

   • Idem, 23v.

     Eſta es piedra muy preciada ⁊ muy noble. ⁊ fallan la de muchas colores. ca dellas ay amariellas claras. ⁊ otras pardas.

     This is a very prized and noble stone. It can be found in many colors, for some are yellow, some are pale and some are dun.

   • Idem, 46r.

     […] ⁊ traen los poluos ſobre los dientes que ſon amariellos o prietos torna los blãcos.

     and they cover yellow or darkened teeth with the dust, it turns them white.

   • Idem, 48v.

     […] Et las mas q dellas fallã es cabo las palmas mõteſinas. De color ſemeia ala iargõça amariella.

     And most of them they find among mountain palm trees. In color it is similar to yellow zircon.

• Spanish: amarillo

• amargo (“bitter”)

amariello m (plural amariellos)

1. yellow
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 3v:

     Et la color deſta piedra es mezclada de uerde con uermeio. pero la uerdura della es tan flaca que tira a amariello.

     And the color of this stone is mixed between green and red, but the greenness is so slight that it tends more toward yellow.

• Spanish: amarillo