rodicio

See also: rodício

Galician

vertical axis rodicio, usually moved by a stream

water mill with a horizontal axis rodicio

Alternative forms

• reducio, rodeceo, rodecio, roderno, rodesno, rodizo, rudicio
• rodízio (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in 1434. From Vulgar Latin *roticinu, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Cognate of Asturian rodédanu, Portuguese rodízio and Spanish rodezno.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈdiθjo/ [roˈð̞i.θjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /roˈdiθjo/ [roˈð̞i.θjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /roˈdisjo/ [roˈð̞i.sjʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iθjo

• (standard) Rhymes: -iθjo
• (seseo) Rhymes: -isjo

• Hyphenation: ro‧di‧cio

Noun

rodicio m (plural rodicios)

1. water wheel (in a mill)
   • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), doc. 215:

     que vos día os ditos muynos apostados et reparados de moos e buxos e ferros e caanlles e rodiseos et de todaslas outras outras cousas que feseren mester

     that I shall give you these mills ready and repaired of millstones and shafts and irons and chutes and waterwheels and of all the other necessary things

   • 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:

     Iten, preçaron hun rrodisio e dous miilles de carro em noventa maravedis

     Item, they appraised a water wheel and two wheel centers of a cart in ninety maravedis

2. cloth roller of a loom

Derived terms

• herba do rodicio (“yellow bedstraw”)

References

• “rodisio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rodicio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rodicio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rodicio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.