ariento
Italian
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin argentum (“silver”), from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾjento/
Noun
ariento m (plural arientos)
- a certain silver coin used in the kingdoms of Castile and León
- (biblical) a piece of silver, a shekel
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:
- E vendierõ le por .xx. ariẽtos. El ariento ualia dẏño ⁊ medio. ço ſõ xxx. dẏneros.
- And [so] they sold him for twenty shekels. The shekel was worth a denarius and a half, so it was thirty denarii [in all].
Synonyms
- (certain silver coin): arienço m
- (shekel): libra f
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