ariento

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Italian

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ariento m (plural arienti)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of argento

Anagrams

[edit]

Old Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin argentum (silver), from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ariento m (plural arientos)

  1. a certain silver coin used in the kingdoms of Castile and León
  2. (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

[edit]
[edit]