castillan xochitl

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

castillan xochitl

1. (obsolete) rose
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 125r.

     Flor o roſa de caſtilla. caſtillan xuchitl.Roſa.

   • 1640–41, Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), El animal profeta y dichoso patricida, f. 18r.

     ca nel àhmo nomàcēhual ȳ nicnotlamachtiz yn tlaçocastillan xōchitl ymahuizxāyacatzin

     (I am not worthy of enjoying the precious rose that is her splendid face.)

Synonyms

• rosa

References

• Sell, Barry D. with Louise M. Burkhart and Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 193