Noun: mirto
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | mirto |
| Plural m | mirtos |
Sample Sentences
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Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua (And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them) [1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:]
Nouns inflected like mirto
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos). See: Latin Nouns '
myrtus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μύρτος'.
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