artello

Galician edit

From Vulgar Latin *articlus, a syncopated form of articulus (digiti). Compare the learned and semi-learned doublets artículo and artigo. Cognate with Portuguese artelho, Spanish artejo, Catalan artell, French orteil.

artello m (plural artellos)

(anatomy) ankle
Synonyms: nocello, nortello, tornecelo
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 471:
  Et tomarõ dous [uasos] d'esmeraldas preçiosas, as mays fremosas que nũca õme ueu, cheas de bálsamos et de aloe, et metérõlle y os pees ata os artillos
  They took two vessel of precious emeralds, the most beautiful never seen, full with balsams and aloe, and they put his feet there inside, up to the ankles
(anatomy) knuckle
(anatomy) joint
Synonyms: articulación, xoga, xogo
(anatomy) hock
Synonyms: bésta, bestra

“artillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“artello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“artello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“artello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“artello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.