cutiano

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• cotiano

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cottīdiānus, cognate with Galician cotián, Sardinian fittianu. The change from pretonic -o- to -u- is regular before /j/, compare cuchar from Latin cochleāre (variant of cochlear).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈtjano/

Adjective

cutiano

1. everyday, regular
   • c. 1280, Alfonso X, General Estoria, cuarta parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     el ladron. & ell mintroso cutiano eredaran destroymiento.

     The thief and the regular liar shall receive their Destruction [in Hell].

Adverb

cutiano

1. every day
   • betw. 1246 and 1252, Gonzalo de Berceo, Los Milagros de nuestra Señora , (ed. by Claudio García Turza, 1992, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe):

     Era un simple clérigo, pobre de clerecía,
     dicié cutiano missa de la Sancta María;
     non sabié decir otra, diciéla cada día,
     más la sabié por uso que por sabiduría.
     Fo est missacantano al bispo acusado
     que era idïota, mal clérigo provado;
     el "Salve Sancta Parens" sólo tenié usado,
     non sabié otra missa el torpe embargado.

     He was a simple cleric, poor in clerecy,
     He would say the mass of Holy Mary every day;
     He did not know any other, he said each day,
     He knew it more out of habit than knowledge.
     This mass-singer was accused before the bishop
     with the charge of being an idiot, a proven bad cleric;
     he was simply used to the Behold, Holy Mother
     the fool in hardship did not know any other mass.