rodicio

See also: rodício

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1434. From Vulgar Latin *roticinu, from Latin rota (wheel). Cognate of Asturian rodédanu, Portuguese rodízio and Spanish rodezno.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /roˈdiθjo/ [roˈð̞i.θjʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /roˈdisjo/ [roˈð̞i.sjʊ]

 
  • Rhymes: -iθjo
  • Rhymes: -isjo

  • Hyphenation: ro‧di‧cio

Noun

rodicio m (plural rodicios)

  1. water wheel (in a mill)
    • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), doc. 215:
      que vos día os ditos muynos apostados et reparados de moos e buxos e ferros e caanlles e rodiseos et de todaslas outras outras cousas que feseren mester
      that I shall give you these mills ready and repaired of millstones and shafts and irons and chutes and waterwheels and of all the other necessary things
    • 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
      Iten, preçaron hun rrodisio e dous miilles de carro em noventa maravedis
      Item, they appraised a water wheel and two wheel centers of a cart in ninety maravedis
  2. cloth roller of a loom

Derived terms

  • herba do rodicio (yellow bedstraw)

References