rocín

See also: rocin and roçin

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rocin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), of uncertain origin; ultimately probably from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈθiŋ/, (western) /roˈsiŋ/

Noun

rocín m (plural rocíns)

1. rowney, pack horse
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 357:

     foran en tomar aos mercadores e tauerneiros d'Arçúa et das Duas Casas viinte e hun roçín d'albardas con senos aparellos

     they went and took from the merchants and innkeepers of Arzúa and Dúas Casas twenty-one packsaddle rowneys with their respective tacks

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rocin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rocín” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rocín”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “rocín”, 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), “rocín”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
• Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
• Italian rozzo (“rough”);
• French roncin (“stallion”).

Cognate with Portuguese rocim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /roˈθin/ [roˈθĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /roˈsin/ [roˈsĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ro‧cín

Noun

rocín m (plural rocines)

1. nag (an old, useless horse)

Further reading

• “rocín”, 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