omagen

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 10 April 2015

Alternative forms

• ymagen
• omage

Etymology

From Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmad͡ʒẽ/

Noun

omagen f

1. an icon (religious painting)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 34 (facsimile):

     Hṽa omage pintada na rua siya / en tauoa mui bẽ feita de ſanta Maria.

     There was in the street a well-made icon of Holy Mary, painted on wood.

2. a statue, a religious image
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 256 (facsimile):

     […] hũa omagẽ […] feita de metal de ſanta Mari[a]

     […] an image of Holy Mary made of metal

   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Hṽa omagen fremoſa da uirgen ſ(ant)a maria de pedra

     A beautiful stone image of Holy Mary

Descendants

• Galician: imaxe
• Portuguese: imagem