artello

Galician

Alternative forms

• ortello

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

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈteʎo̝/

Noun

artello m (plural artellos)

1. (anatomy) ankle
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: nocello, nortello, tornecelo

2. (anatomy) knuckle
3. (anatomy) joint

   Synonyms: articulación, xoga, xogo

4. (anatomy) hock

   Synonyms: bésta, bestra

Derived terms

• artellar

References

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• “artello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “artello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN