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cuauhnochtli.
Headword:
cuauhnochtli.
Principal English Translation:
eagle-cactus fruit; a fruit of the nopal cactus, with eagle associations; hearts taken from sacrificial victims in the month of Tlacaxipehualiztli were called this (metaphorically)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhnochtli
Attestations from sources in English:
auh yn jniollo, mamalti qujtocaiotia, quauahnochtli tlaçotli: conjoalia in tonatiuh xippilli, quatleuanjtl qujtlamaca, quizcaltia = And they named the hearts of the captives “precious eagle-cactus fruit.” They lifted them up to the sun, the turquoise prince, the soaring eagle. They offered it to him; they nourished him with it. (16th century, Mexico City)