ilhuicac tlahtohcayotl

ilhuicac tlahtohcayotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• Ilhuicac Tlahtohcayotl

Etymology

Literally "rulership in the sky"; a calque of Spanish reino de los cielos (“reign of the heavens”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek βασιλεία τῶν ουρανῶν (basileía tôn ouranôn), from the Gospel of Matthew.

Noun

ilhuicac tlahtohcāyōtl

1. (Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.
   • 16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1

     injc inmac anqujçazque in diablosme: ioan ynjc anqujcnopilvizque yn jlvicac tlatocaiotl.

     (that you may escape the hands of the devils, and that you may attain the Kingdom of Heaven.)

   • 17C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 5v.

     çan iceltzin quimotemaquilia yn igr̅a. yhuan yn igloriatzin, yn ilhuicac tlahtocayotl.

     (He alone accords one His grace and His glory, the Kingdom of Heaven)

   • 1759, Ignacio de Paredes, Promptuario Manual Mexicano, p. 361

     Quemmach huel Yehuantin, in Icnotlacatzitzintin, in Inyollocopa motilinia; (los pobres voluntarios) yehica ca Imaxca in Ilhuicac Tlatocayotl.

     ([Matthew 5:3] Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.)

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, Volume 2, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, →ISBN, pages 136–137
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1, trans. by Arthur J.O. Anderson & Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 55