Tepozteco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tepozteco.

Adjective

Tepozteco (comparative more Tepozteco, superlative most Tepozteco)

1. Of or pertaining to Tepoztlán.

Synonyms

• Tepoztecan

Noun

Tepozteco (plural Tepoztecos)

1. A person from Tepoztlán.
   • 1930, Robert Refield, “The Organization of the Village”, in Tepoztlan, A Mexican Village: A Study of Folk Life, Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, published 1946, page 80:

     The varying characteristics of the barrios are recognized by the Tepoztecos themselves, and at least the more reflective of them can express the differences they feel.

Synonyms

• Tepoztecan

Proper noun

Tepozteco

1. (with the) A mountain near Tepoztlán.
   • 1973 November 9, C. Lomnitz, “Geodynamics Syposium in Mexico”, in Science, volume 182, number 4112, →JSTOR, page 607:

     The Sunday field trip included climbing the Tepozteco, a steep volcanic cliff overlooking the village of Tepoztlán.

2. (often with El) A temple on Tepozteco Mountain.
   • 1927 December 2, “Aztecs Had Their Bacchus”, in The Science News-Letter, volume 12, number 347, →JSTOR, page 355:

     Built on the very tip of a finger of rock pointing to the sky, a thousand feet above the level of the plaza of the Aztec village of Tepoztlan, Morelos, below, stands El Tepozteco, the ancient temple of Ometochtli, Aztec lord of pulque and deity of drunkenness.

   • 1976 October, Anthony F. Aveni, Sharon L. Gibbs, “On the Orientation of Precolumbian Buildings in Central Mexico”, in American Antiquity, volume 41, number 4, →JSTOR, page 510:

     In an earlier paper, Aveni (1975) reported that, on the basis of measurements made with a surveyor’s transit, three Central Mexican sites (Tepozteco, Tenayuca, and Tula) possess nearly the same orientation as Teotihuacan (15° 25′ E of N).

3. (with El) A deity or legendary king who is venerated on Tepozteco mountain.
   • 1930, Robert Refield, “A Tepoztecan Book of Days”, in Tepoztlan, A Mexican Village: A Study of Folk Life, Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, published 1946, page 123:

     Today is Altepe-ilhuitl (“fiesta of the pueblo”), commemorative of El Tepozteco, the legendary king of the Tepoztecos in the days before the Conquest.

   • 1952 July, Oscar Lewis, “Urbanization without Breakdown: A Case Study”, in The Scientific Monthly, volume 75, number 1, →JSTOR, page 37:

     The village belief that El Tepozteco is the son of Mary is no longer held and is regarded as backward and superstitious in the city.

Synonyms

• (temple) Casa del Tepozteco, Casa Tepozteco
• (deity) Tepoztecatl