galeotto

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Italian

Etymology

From galea +‎ -otto. Compare Sicilian galiotu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈɔt.to/
Rhymes: -ɔtto
Hyphenation: ga‧le‧òt‧to

Noun

galeotto m (plural galeotti)

(historical) galley slave
(historical) steersman, helmsman
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno‎, line 17; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
  sotto ’l governo d’un sol galeoto […]
  under the guidance of a single helmsman
- 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto II”, in Purgatorio‎, line 27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
  allor che ben conobbe il galeotto […]
  once he recognized the steersman
Galeotto

Noun

galeotto m (plural galeotti, feminine galeotta)

convict

Related terms

galea

Further reading

galeotto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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