abrótea

Galician

Abróteas or abrótegas

Alternative forms

• abriota, abroita, abrota, abrótega, abrótiga

Etymology

Attested since 1409. From *abrottena or *abrottina, probably from Latin abrotanum (“wormwood”), from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβɾɔte̯a̝/

Noun

abrótea f (plural abróteas)

1. white asphodel ()
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:

     E Nota que o poo dos collos das abroteas ual mays que todos llos outros, et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias

     Take note that the powder of the rhizomes of the asphodels has more value than all the rest, and that these powders should be used in places that are nervous and entangled with veins and arteries

2. Its dry stalk, which was used as a torch

   Synonyms: agucio, gamón

Derived terms

• abrotal
• Brotiais

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abrot”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abrótea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abrotanum.

Noun

abrótea f (plural abróteas)

1. branched asphodel (, a herb of the Mediterranean region)
2. forkbeard (, a hake of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic)
3. Brazilian codling (, a hake of the southern Atlantic coast of South America)
4. Argentine hake (, a hake of the Argentine coast)

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