ximio

Etymology

From Latin sīmium, accusative of sīmius, from sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from sīmus (“flat-nosed”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃi.mjo]

Noun

ximio m (plural ximios)

1. ape, monkey
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 98v.

     Et que deſcenda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de figura de oḿe que lieua dos uacas. ¬ un ximio ¬ un oſſo ante ſi.

     And when over this stone descends the virtue of the figure of the man who has two cows, a monkey and a bear before him.