cinteotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• centeōtl
• cinteoutl, cinteutl (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cintli (“maize”) +‎ teōtl (“deity, god”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sinˈteoːt͡ɬ]

Proper noun

cinteōtl (animate)

1. (he is) Cinteotl, god of maize.
   • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89r:

     Quarto mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Hueytoçoztli, enque hazian fiesta al dios llamado cinteotl, Dios delos maizes.

     Fourth month of the Mexicans, called hueytoçoztli, in which they celebrated the god called Cinteotl, god of maize plants.

Related terms

• īncinteōhuān