Neapolitan

Noun

castiello m

1. castle

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum ‎(“fort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kasˈtje.ʎo]

Noun

castiello m (plural castiellos)

1. castle; stronghold, fortress
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r. b.

     de lát ierico es el caſtiello de macheróta o herodes tetrarca deſcabeço a ſant ioh́n bb́a.

     past Jericho is the fortress of Machaerus, where Herod the tetrarch beheaded Saint John the Baptist.

   • Idem, f. 34v. a.

     en eſta rib́a a. J. caſtiello q́ dizen corazaym o diz q́ ſera nodrido el ante xṕo […]

     on this shore there is a castle they call Corazaym, where it is said the Antichrist will be raised

   • Idem, f. 44r. a.

     eploro heliſeus e demandol aſahel por que ploraua e dixol heliſeus por el mal que faras a fijos de iſrael ſos caſtiellos a eſpada los metras los nínos elas pénas carpiras.

     Then Elisha wept, and Hazael asked why he was weeping and Elisha answered: "Because of the harm you will do the sons of Israel; [and to] their strongholds; you will kill the children by the sword and rip open the pregnant women."

Descendants

• Ladino: kastilyo
• Spanish: castillo