comedio

Galician

Etymology

From con (“with”) +‎ medio (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈmeðjʊ]

Noun

comedio m (plural comedios)

1. (archaic) interlude
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 408:

     en este comedio poderemos soterrar et queymar aqueles que jazẽ mortos ẽno cãpo

     during this interlude we can bury and burn the ones who lie dead on the field

2. (archaic) period, term

   Synonyms: prazo, termo

   • 1473, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 28:

     Iten mando mais se diga hua misa cantada a onrra e gloria de san salvador e outra de nosa señora santa maria virgen e madre de deus e outra ao senor san pedro e santiago apostoles e outra a san miguel e santo angel da garda e outra a san bieyto enna sua ermida do monte desta dita fregesia e outra de requien por todo los finados e sepoltados enna dita iglesia de Lantaño e estas seys misas sejan cantadas por miña devoçion e todas huas e outras sejan enno cargo de meus conpridores que as façan deçir logo enno comedio de un ano despois que eu for sepoltado.

     Item more, I order that they recite a sung mass in the honor and glory of the Holy Saviour; and another to our lady the Virgin Saint Mary, mother of God; and another to the lords Saint Peter and Saint James the apostles; and another to Saint Michael and the holy guardian angel; and another to Saint Benedict in his chapel atop the hill in this parish; and another one of requiem for all the ones dead and buried at this church of Lantaño; and these six masses must be sung for my devotion, and all of them must be at the expenses of my executors, who must order them then in the term of a year since I am buried.

3. (archaic) a moment in time

   Synonym: intre

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “comedio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “comedio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comedio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comedio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Noun

comedio m (plural comedios)

1. middle; midpoint

Further reading

• “comedio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10