estreleiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• estreleyro

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From estrela (“star”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [estɾeˈlejɾʊ]

Noun

estreleiro m (plural estreleiros, feminine estreleira, feminine plural estreleiras)

1. (archaic, literary) astrologer, seer

   Synonyms: adiviño, astrólogo

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 264:

     os do Egyto, que eram moy grandes estreleyros et sabedores das naturas das cousas, adorauã oelamẽto da agoa et as planetas mays que aoutra cousa

     the [people] from Egypt, who were great astrologers and knowledgeable on the nature of things, adore the element of water and the planets more than any other thing

Related terms

• estrela

References

• “estreleyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “estreleyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “estreleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estreleiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.