desinteria

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin dysenteria, borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-) + ἔντερον (énteron) + -ία (-ía).

    Noun

    desinteria f (uncountable)

    1. (hapax legomenon, pathology) dysentery
      • 1460, Rui Vasques, [Crónica de Santa María de Iria]; republished as chapter 1, in José António Souto Cabo, editor, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, 2001, page 116:
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        [Et enton o señor Santiago lançou enõs mouros tanta desinteria et menaçõ, que os mays et os mellores que vijnã cõ el rrey Almeçor morrerõ máá morte sopitanja de menaçõ.]
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    Descendants

    • Galician: disentería
    • Portuguese: disenteria

    References

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