meogo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meogo, from the Latin expression medius locus; compare French milieu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈɔɣo̝/

Noun

meogo f (plural meogos)

  1. (archaic) middle, center
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:
      Ante o altar estã depunduradas tres laãpaas grãdes a onrra de Ihesucristo et de Santiago, aquela que esta ẽno meogo he moy grãde et moy bẽ laurada
      Before the altar three large lamps hang in honor of Jesus Christ and Saint James; the one in the middle is very large and very well carved

Derived terms
  • Miegodevila
  • Miogo
  • Ver de Miogo

References
  • “meogo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “meogo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “meogo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “meogo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “meogo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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