PENTAMERON
\pˈɛntɐməɹən], \pˈɛntɐməɹən], \p_ˈɛ_n_t_ɐ_m_ə_ɹ_ə_n]\
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pen-tam'e-ron, n. a famous collection of fifty folk-tales (Naples 1637) written in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Basile, supposed to be told during five days by ten old women, for the entertainment of a Moorish slave who has usurped the place of the rightful princess. [It. pentamerone.]
By Thomas Davidson
