amariello

amariello

1. neuter singular of amariellu

From Late Latin amārellus, based on Latin amārus (“bitter”).

• IPA^(key): [a.maˈɾje.ʎo]

amariello m (feminine amariella, masculine plural amariellos, feminine plural amariellas)

1. yellow
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r.

     […] aſſi que ſe non puede quebrantar con ninguna coſa ſi no có el laton amariello que es tinto con la tutia de alexandria.

     […] so it cannot be broken with anything except with the yellow brass tainted by Alexandrian zinc oxide.

   • Idem, 23v.

     Eſta es piedra muy preciada ¬ muy noble. ¬ fallan la de muchas colores. ca dellas ay amariellas claras. ¬ otras pardas.

     This is a very prized and noble stone. It can be found in many colors, for some are yellow, some are pale and some are dun.

   • Idem, 46r.

     […] ¬ traen los poluos ſobre los dientes que ſon amariellos o prietos torna los blácos.

     […] and [when] they cover yellow or darkened teeth with the dust, it turns them white.

   • Idem, 48v.

     […] Et las mas q dellas fallá es cabo las palmas móteſinas. De color ſemeia ala iargóça amariella.

     […] And most of them they find among mountain palm trees. In color it is similar to yellow zircon.

• Spanish: amarillo

• amargo (“bitter”)

amariello m (plural amariellos)

1. yellow
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 3v.

     Et la color deſta piedra es mezclada de uerde con uermeio. pero la uerdura della es tan flaca que tira a amariello.

     And the color of this stone is mixed between green and red, but the greenness is so slight that it tends more toward yellow.

• Spanish: amarillo