ariento
Italian
Noun
ariento m (plural arienti)
- (obsolete) alternative form of argento
Anagrams
- Enotria, Reatino, Reitano, aretino, iterano, noterai, noteria, onerati, orienta, orinate, orniate, rateino, reatino, tenario, tonerai, troiane
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin argentum (“silver”), from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾjento/, [aˈɾjẽn̪.t̪o]
Noun
ariento m (plural arientos)
- A certain silver coin used in the kingdoms of Castile and León
- (biblical) A piece of silver, a shekel
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:
- E vendierõ le por .xx. ariẽtos. El ariento ualia dẏño ⁊ medio. ço ſõ xxx. dẏneros.
- And [so] they sold him for twenty shekels. The shekel was worth a denarius and a half, so it was thirty denarii [in all].
Synonyms
- (certain silver coin): arienço m
- (shekel): libra f