aymante
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- aymant (apocopic)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin [Term?], ultimately from Latin adamās (“adamant”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible”), reinforced by Old French aïmant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ajˈmãn.te]
Noun
aymante f (plural aymantes)
- magnet, lodestone
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.
- Et aun a otra ṕpriedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro.
- And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.
- Idem, f. 55r.
- Et purga el oro como dixiemos delas otras aymantes que an poder de purgar.
- And it purges gold in the same way we said other magnets have the power to purge.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.
Synonyms
- magnete m
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