rodicio

Galician
vertical axis rodicio, usually moved by a stream
water mill with a horizontal axis rodicio

Alternative forms
  • reducio

Etymology

Att. 1474. From Vulgar Latin *roticinu, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Cognate of Asturian rodédanu, Portuguese rodízio and Spanish rodezno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roˈðiθjo̝/

Noun

rodicio m (plural rodicios)

  1. water wheel (in a mill)
    • 1474, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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
  • “rodisio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “rodicio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “rodicio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rodicio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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