contorniate

English

Etymology

From Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ət/

Noun

contorniate (plural contorniates)

1. A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.
   • 1864, Reginald Stuart Poole, “The Coins of the Ptolemies”, in The numismatic chronicle, volume IV:

     Mr. Evans exhibited a fine contorniate, bearing the head of Nero

Adjective

contorniate (not comparable)

1. Having a furrow of this kind.
   • 1888, Archaeologia Cambrensis, page 141:

     […] by its close analogy with a more elaborate composition on a contorniate medal of the same Emperor, which was certainly commemorative of that event.

Italian

Verb

contorniate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of contornare

Anagrams

• incerottano, incettarono