mirto

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

• IPA^(key):

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

   Synonym: murta

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:

     Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua

     And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them

• murta

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mirto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mirto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mirto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Mirto

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From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.to/
• Rhymes: -irto
• Hyphenation: mìr‧to

mirto m (plural mirti)

1. common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
2. myrtle (plant of the genus Myrtus )

• mirteto
• mirteo
• mirtolo

• mitro, mitrò, morti, ritmo, ritmò

mirto

1. inflection of mirtais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾto/
• Rhymes: -iɾto
• Syllabification: mir‧to

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

   Synonyms: arrayán, murta

• “mirto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10