rucio

• ruçio (alternative spelling)

From Latin rōscidus (“dewy”), from rōs (“dew”).

• IPA^(key): /ruˈt͡sio/

rucio m (usually uncountable)

1. dew
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:

     Reſpuſo ẏſaac ⁊ dẏxo. De groſſura de la tierra ⁊ del ruçio ſera tu bẽdicion. De los cielo^s ſera tu bendicion. Sobre tu eſpada biuras. E ato ermano seruiras. […]

     Isaac answered and said, “Your blessing shall be away from the fatness of the earth and from the dew. Your blessing shall be away from the heavens. You shall live by the sword and your brother you shall serve. […] ”

• Spanish: rocío

Inherited from Old Spanish rucio, from Latin rōscidus. Compare Portuguese ruço.

• IPA^(key): /ˈruθjo/ [ˈru.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈrusjo/ [ˈru.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -usjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ru‧cio

rucio (feminine rucia, masculine plural rucios, feminine plural rucias)

1. grey, grey-haired

• “rucio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024