fiavo

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *flavus, metathesized form of *favlus, *favulus, diminutive of Latin favus (“honeycomb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfja.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: fià‧vo

Noun

fiavo m (plural fiavi)

1. (archaic) honeycomb

   Synonyms: favo, (archaic, poetic) fiale

   • 13^th century, “Delle cose, che nuocono alle pecchie, e di lor cura. Cap. IC. [Chapter 99: About Things That Are Harmful to Bees, and About Their Remedies]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎^[1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 493:

     Le putride parti de’ fiavi, o vero le vote cere, le quali, per alcun caso, lo sciame, a pochezza ridotto, non potrae empiere, ricideralo, con taglienti ferri, sottilmente, acciocché l’altra parte mossa de’ fiavi, non costringa l’api, le cassette commosse abbandonare.

     Using sharp tools, carefully cut off the rotten portions of the honeycombs, namely the empty waxes that the reduced swarm will not be able to fill, so that the other moving part of the honeycombs does not force the bees to leave the moving beehives.

Derived terms

• fiale

Further reading

• fiavo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication