# esparto
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable; esparto or halfah grass”), valued for its high tensile strength, used for cords and wicker, and exported by Spanish Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranian.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təʊ

### Noun

esparto (uncountable)
* Either of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper:
** Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
    Synonyms: halfa, esparto grass, halfah grass, needlegrass
** Lygeum spartum, of the Mediterranean.
    Synonyms: albardine, esparto grass, cord grass

#### Translations
### Further reading

* esparto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Stipa tenacissima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* Pastore, Tropeas, to spare, teraops, Pateros, Proteas, proteas, seaport, Portsea

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin spartum (“esparto or halfah grass”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable; esparto or halfah grass”), valued for its high tensile strength, used for cords and wicker, and exported by Spanish Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranian. Cognate to Galician esporta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈpaɾto̝/

### Noun

esparto m (plural espartos)
* esparto (grass)
** 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro, editors, Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, →ISBN, page 53:[…] hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos […] […] a new rope of esparto, and an old rope also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging […]
* scourer

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esparto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esparto”, 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), “esparto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esparto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈpaɾto/ [esˈpaɾ.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -aɾto
* Syllabification: es‧par‧to

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin spartum (“esparto or halfah grass”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable; esparto or halfah grass”), valued for its high tensile strength, used for cords and wicker, and exported by Spanish Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranian. Cognate to Spanish espuerta.

#### Noun

esparto m (plural espartos)
* esparto (grass)
    Synonym: atocha
* One of the Spartoi

##### Derived terms

* espartar

##### Descendants

* → English: esparto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esparto
* first-person singular present indicative of espartar

#### Further reading

* “esparto”, 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