lentia

See also: Lentia

Italian

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from Spanish lantía,[1] a rare nautical word meaning "binnacle lamp,"[2] presumably from Latin lanterna.

Noun

lentia f (plural lentie)

  1. (nautical) a harness used to roll a cask or barrel along an inclined plane

References

  1. ^ lentia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ Pajuelo Moreno, Vicente. 2024. El Día de Todos los Santos. Naufragio y rescate en la Carrera de Indias, 1605: orígenes, organización y desarrollo de la Armada de la Guarda. PhD diss., Universidad de Cádiz / Universidade de Lisboa, p. 300.

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