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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *articlus, a syncopated form of articulus (digiti). Compare the learned and semi-learned doublets artículo and artigo. Cognate with Portuguese artelho, Spanish artejo, Catalan artell, French orteil.
Pronunciation
Noun
artello m (plural artellos)
- (anatomy) ankle
- Synonyms: nocello, nortello, tornecelo
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 471:Et tomarõ dous [uasos] d'esmeraldas preçiosas, as mays fremosas que nũca õme ueu, cheas de bálsamos et de aloe, et metérõlle y os pees ata os artillos- They took two vessel of precious emeralds, the most beautiful never seen, full with balsams and aloe, and they put his feet there inside, up to the ankles
- (anatomy) knuckle
- (anatomy) joint
- Synonyms: articulación, xoga, xogo
- (anatomy) hock
- Synonyms: bésta, bestra
Derived terms
References
- “artillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “artello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “artello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “artello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “artello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.