Glossary of Technical Terms
Still under construction
Units & Measures
COIN
- Ducati Grossi Piccoli
- Lira Soldi Dinari
- Ducato d’oro
- Ducato scomputo
- Ducato corrente
CAPACITY
- Balla, sf.
- Botta, sf.
- 1 Venetian botta = 0.6 [L1]
- Collo, sm.
- Ligazzo, sm.
- Mier (Milliaro), sm.
- sotile / grossum
- Mistati 48, sm.
- measure of capacity of wine [UT]
- Mozzo (Moggio), sm. (pl. Mozza)
- 1.09 ton
- Mozetto, sm.
- 21.7 mozetto of Cypriot salt = 1 botta [acc. to C. 61, reg. 2, f. 37]
- Refuso, sm.
- Saccho, sm.
- Staro, sm. (pl. Stara)
- 1 stara veneziana = 83.3 litres in volume, and 62.9 kg in weight [L1, L2]
LENGTH
- Miglia (millie), sm.
- 1 Venetian mile, =
- Dedo (deo), sm.
- 1/16 piede veneto, = 2,17cm [M]
- Passo, sm. (pl. Passa)
- 5 piedi veneziani, = 173.9cm [M]
- Piede (pìe), sm.
- Linear measuring unit, = piede Veneziano = 34,78cm [M, L2]
- Quàrta, sf.
- Linear measuring unit, = half piede Veneziano, divided to 6 onze [M]
Technical Terms
- Ambra, sf.
- Amber [BT]
- Bozzolado, sm.
- Threads or raw silk [PG]
- Canella, sf.
- Cinnamon
- Canovàccio, sm.
- Hemp or cloth [BT]
- Capitanio, sm.
- Captain of a convoy of galleys or ships
- Carisèa, sf.
- Fabric from wool or silk [BT]
- Cedràrio, sm.
- Basil [BT]
- Cenere, sm.
- Ash, carried in sacks
- Concilio di XII
- A body with judicial authorities on board ships
- Cordovano, sm.
- Animal hide [BT]
- Gàlbano, sm.
- Balsamic resin or gum [BT]
- Garoffalo (Garofano), sm.
- Cloves [BT]
- Gotono, sm.
- Cotton, carried in sacks
- Grippo, sm.
- Lateen-rigged fast craft of small to medium capacity
- Fusta, sf.
- Military craft of small to medium capacity, propelled by sails and oars
- Libretto del cargo, sm.
- [COMING SOON]
- Galea sotile, sf.
- Light galley, military vessel
- Luogotenente, sm.
- Governor
- Marano, sm.
- Merchant sailing craft of small to medium capacity
- Muda, sf.
- [COMING SOON]
- Nave, sm. (pl. navi)
- Square rigged, round shaped merchant ship
- Nose, sm.
- Nuts, loaded in sacks [BT]
- Panno, sm.
- Woolen, loaded in balle
- Pellame, sm.
- Animal fur; raw or dry furry hides [BT]
- Proveditori ale biave
- Magistracy in Venice in charge on the supply and transports of grain, barely etc
- Proveditori di commun
- Magistracy in Venice, among other things it was in charge on handling treasures and property retrieved from sunken ships
- Ramo, sm.
- Copper [BT]
- Risigallo (risalgaio), sm.
- Arsenic sulfide [BT]
- Riobàrbaro, sm.
- Common name for spices of the type of Rheum, of the polygonaceae family [BT]
- Sarma vechia (salma?), sf.
- Carriage (?) [BT]
- Scarlatto sf.
- Scarlet, lucrative red colored woolen tinted from the bug grana [BT]
- Seda (seta), sf.
- Silk
- Sindici in Levante
- Supervisors which were sent to the colonies in order to supervise the conduct of colonial officials
- Stagno sm.
- Tin plate [BT]
- Zanzero sm.
- Ginger, loaded in sucks
- B
- G. Boerio, Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, Venice 1829.
- BT
- S. Battaglia, Il grande dizionario della lingua italiana. I-xxI, Torino, 1961-2002.
- C
- F. Corazzini, Vocabolario nautico italiano, I-VII, Torino-Firenze 1900-1907.
- D
- W. T. Davis, Naval Dictionary, Italian – English and English – Italian, Milan 1921.
- G
- A. Guglielmotti, Vocabolario marino e militare, Rome 1889.
- L1
- Lane, Venice – A Maritime Republic, pp. 479-80.
- L2
- Lane, Navires, pp. 239, 241-242.
- M
- Munerotto
- P
- ‘Salariato’, ed. Pellegrini.
- PG
- pegoloti , la pratica.
- R
- Rampazzetto, Descrittione dell'artifitiosa machina.
- T
- Il vocabulario Treccani, Rome 1997.
- UT
- Tucci, il commercio, p. 200.