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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed into italian from Old French. This word was later Italianized into pentacolo.
Noun
pentacol
- (archaic) Alternative form of pentacolo
1478, Luigi Pulci, Morgante, Ch. 22 stanza 102:Malagigi non volle gittar l'arte
Però che ne facea gran conscienzia
E non si può far sempre in ogni parte;
Convien ch'a molte cose abbi avvertenzia
E veste consacrate e certe carte
Esorcizzate con gran diligenzia,
Pentacol, candarie, sigilli e lumi,
E spade e sangue e pentole e profumi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French
Etymology
pent + a + col, literally "hangs from the neck".
Noun
pentacol oblique singular, m (oblique plural pentacous or pentacox or pentacols, nominative singular pentacous or pentacox or pentacols, nominative plural pentacol)
- pendant (jewelry)