Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.
cerraja — (Del bajo lat. serraculum.) ► sustantivo femenino BOTÁNICA Planta compuesta anual, de hojas dentadas y capítulos florales amarillos, dispuestos en corimbos laxos, que se usa como pasto para el ganado. (Sonchus.) SINÓNIMO [lechecino] * * *… … Enciclopedia Universal
seraglio — (n.) harem, also the name of a former palace of the sultan in Istanbul, 1580s, from It. seraglio, alteration of Turk. saray palace, court, from Pers. sara i palace, inn, from Iranian base *thraya to protect (Cf. Avestan thrayeinti they protect ) … Etymology dictionary
seraglio — /səˈralioʊ/ (say suh rahleeoh) noun (plural seraglios) 1. the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; a harem. 2. a Turkish palace, especially of the Sultan. {Italian serraglio, from Medieval Latin… …
seraglio — [si ral′yō, siräl′yō] n. pl. seraglios [It serraglio, enclosure, padlock, also (infl. by Turk saray, palace: see SERAI), place, seraglio < ML serraculum, a bolt, bar < LL serare, to lock, bar < L sera, a bolt, lock] 1. the part of a… … English World dictionary
