estentino

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin intestīnum (gut, intestines), from intestīnus (internal, intestinal), from intus (within).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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estentino m (plural estentinos)

  1. (anatomy) gut
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 8v:
      […] si dierẽ del poluo della a beuer peſante de quatro dragmas al q́ a dolor en el eſtentino a que llaman colon ſana luego.
      […] if they were to give four drams of weight of it powdered to drink to someone whose gut, the one they call colon, ached, he would be cured.
  2. (anatomy, usually in the plural) innards, intestines
    Synonym: tripas
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26r:
      Et ſu uertud es atal. que ſana dela dolor del eſtomago ⁊ delos eſtentinos aqui la trae colgada ſobrellos.
      And its virtue is such that it cures the aches of the stomach and the intestines of whoever has it hanging over them.