castiello

Aragonese

Etymology

From Classical Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).

Noun

castiello m (plural castiellos)

1. castle

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “castiello”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtjɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: ca‧stièl‧lo

Noun

castiello m (plural castielli)

1. (Old Italian) Alternative form of castello: castle
   • 13^th century, “Dello Agoste [About the Augustan]” (chapter 6), in Le miracole de Roma [The marvels of Rome] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Ernesto Monaci, editor, Le miracole de Roma - Versione dei Mirabilia Romae in volgare romanesco del dugento [The marvels of Rome - Version of the Mirabilia Romae in 13^th-century Roman vernacular]‎^[1], Rome: R[egia] società romana di storia patria, 1915, page 14:

     Ad porta Flamminea Octabiano fece fare uno castiello lo quale clamao Agoste, dove se sotterravano tutti li imperatori de Roma. (Romanesco)

     Near Porta Flaminia, Octavian had a castle built, which he called Augustan, where all the emperors of Rome were buried.

   • 1350s, anonymous author, “Dello mostro che nacque in Roma e dello legato dello papa lo quale fu cacciato de Bologna [About the monster who was born in Rome, and about the ambassador of the pope who was driven away from Bologna]” (chapter 5), in Cronica [Chronicle]‎^[2] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

     Bolognesi derobaro tutta iente de Lengua de oca. Moiti ne occisero. Puoi deruparo a terra quello nobile castiello de che ditto ène. (Romanesco)

     The Bolognese robbed all the people of Languedoc. They killed many of them. Then they razed to the ground that noble castle about which was told.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin castellum.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [kasˈtjellə]
• Rhymes: -jellə

Noun

castiello m (plural castielle)

1. castle

References

• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “castiello”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 16 July 2015

Etymology

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtjeʎo/

Noun

castiello m (plural castiellos)

1. castle; stronghold, fortress
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r. b.

     de lãt ierico es el caſtiello de macherõta o herodes tetrarca deſcabeço a ſant ioħn bƀa.

     past Jericho is the fortress of Machaerus, where Herod the tetrarch beheaded Saint John the Baptist.

   • Idem, f. 34v. a.

     en eſta riƀa a .J. caſtiello q̃ dizen corazaym o diz q̃ ſera nodrido el ante xp̃o […]

     on this shore there is a castle they call Corazaym, where it is said the Antichrist will be raised

   • Idem, f. 44r. a.

     eploro heliſeus e demandol aſahel por que ploraua e dixol heliſeus por el mal que faras a fijos de iſrael ſos caſtiellos a eſpada los metras los nĩnos elas pẽnas carpiras.

     Then Elisha wept, and Hazael asked why he was weeping and Elisha answered: "Because of the harm you will do the sons of Israel; [and to] their strongholds; you will kill the children by the sword and rip open the pregnant women."

Descendants

• Ladino: kastilyo
• Spanish: castillo (see there for further descendants)