mirto
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
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Noun edit
mirto m (plural mirtos)
- myrtle
- Synonym: murta
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:
- Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua
- And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them
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References edit
- “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mirto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mirto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mirto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirto m (plural mirti)
- common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
- myrtle (plant of the genus Myrtus )
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Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Participle edit
mirto
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirto m (plural mirtos)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirto m (plural mirtos)
Further reading edit
- “mirto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014