rucio

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ruçio (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈt͡sio/

Noun

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 cieloᷤ ſera tu bendicion. Sobre tu eſpada biuras. E ato ermano seruiras. […]

     [Respuso Isaac e dixo, “De grossura de la tierra e del rucío será tu bendicion. De los cielos será tu bendicion. Sobre tu espada bivrás, e a to ermano servirás. […] ”]

     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. […] ”

Descendants

• Spanish: rocío

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Adjective

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

1. grey, grey-haired

Related terms

• rociar
• rocío

Further reading

• “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