Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• quauhiztesuchitl, quauhyztexochitl, quaviztisuchitl

Noun

cuāhuiztexōchitl

1. A kind of flower.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 10

     QUAUHIZTESUCHITL, QUAVIZTISUCHITL, xivitl, xoxoctic in jatlapal: texoti in jcueponca, coltic: iuhqujn quauhtli izti ic ca

     (QUAUHIZTEXOCHITL, QUAUHIZTIXOCHITL. It is an herb. Its leaves are green; its blossom is blue. It is curved, like an eagle talon.)

   • 17C: Lope de Vega, Bartolomé de Alva (tr.), La madre de la mejor, f. 64v.

     Cuecuepocatimani in quauhyztexochitl.

     (The eagle-talon flower [etc.] spread about bursting into bloom.)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, ed. and tr. by Charles E. Dibble & Arthur J. O. Anderson, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-0-87480-008-1, published 2007, page 211
• Sell, Barry D., Louise M. Burkhart, Elizabeth R. Wright (ed. and tr.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 978-0-8061-3878-7, page 361