bésta
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See also: besta
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra). Cognate with Portuguese besta and Spanish ballesta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bésta f (plural béstas)
- crossbow
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:
- et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras
- And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways
- hock (the tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “baesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “beest” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bésta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bésta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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