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Italian
Noun
ariento m (plural arienti)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of argento
Anagrams
- Enotria, Reatino, Reitano, aretino, iterano, noterai, noteria, onerati, orienta, orinate, orniate, rateino, reatino, tenario, tonerai, troiane
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin argentum (“silver”), from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.
Pronunciation
Noun
ariento m (plural arientos)
- a certain silver coin used in the kingdoms of Castile and León
- (biblical) a piece of silver, a shekel
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:E vendierõ le por .xx. ariẽtos. El ariento ualia dẏño ⁊ medio. ço ſõ xxx. dẏneros.- And they sold him for twenty shekels. The shekel was worth a denarius and a half, so it was thirty denarii .
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