armentío

armentío

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Derivative, suffixed in -ío, from a descendant of Latin armentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾmenˈtio̝/

Noun

armentío m (plural armentíos)

1. (uncountable) cattle

   Synonyms: gado, gando

2. (countable, dated) cattle: ox or cow
   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

     cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas et oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses et vii anssaras et dos capoos et v galinas et ii porcas et iiii trens de nauios que tinna en pinor por vi centos mor. [..] disso que pinnorara Laviii armentios et deste gaando eran xxxiii armentios mayores et x tenrreyros et xv anellos et ficaban xxxxvii armentios

     a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats; and eight fanegas of legume, beans and peas; and two ferrados of nuts; and 7 geese, and two capons and 5 hens and 2 sows; and 4 sails of ships that he had pawned for 600 mor. [...] he said that he pawned 58 cattle and of these cattle there were 33 elder cattle and 10 calves and 15 calves with more than a year, and 47 cattle still remained

References

• “armentio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “armentio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “armentío” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “armentío” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.