teuctlacozauhqui

• tecutlacoçauhqui, tecuhtlacozauhqui, tecutlacoçauhquj, teuctlacoçauhqui, teotlacozauhqui

From tēuctli (“lord”) +‎ tla- (“thing”) +‎ cōzauhqui (“yellow”)

tēuctlacōzauhqui

1. A kind of rattlesnake (Crotalus sp.).
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 33v:

     Biuora grande pintada. tecutlacoçauhqui.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chaapter 5, paragraph 1

     itech qujça in tecutli, yoan coçauhquj: injc mjtoa tecutlacoçauhquj, quil imachcauh in cocooa

     (it comes from "lord" and "yellow." It is called "yellow lord" because it is said to be the leader of the serpents.)

   • 17C: Annals of Cuauhtitlan, 38:16–18

     quauhtli yn nopã ycac oçelotl yn nopan ycac cuetlachtli yn nopan ycac teuctlacoçauhqui y nopan mani çenca nechmauhtia yn notemic

     (An eagle is standing on top of me. A jaguar is standing on top of me. A wolf is standing on top of me. A rattlesnake is lying on top of me. My dream terrifies me.)

• "teuctlacozauhqui", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2009-2025). «Gran Diccionario Náhuatl». gdn.iib.unam.mx (Electronic Dictionary). Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
• Alexis Wimmer (2006-2025), “malinal.net”, in Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique [Classical Nahuatl Language Dictionary] (in French)
• Bierhorst, John (1992), Codex Chimalpopoca: The Text in Nahuatl with a Glossary and Grammatical Notes, Tucson & London: The University of Arizona Press, page 49
• Bierhorst, John (1992), History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 88
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 11 — Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 76