talea

English

Etymology

From Latin tālea. Doublet of taille and tally.

Noun

talea (plural taleae)

1. (music) A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

Noun

talea f (plural talee)

1. cutting, scion

Related terms

• taleaggio

Anagrams

• alate, altea

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂l- (“to grow; young animal”) and compared with Ancient Greek τᾶλῐς (tâlis, “maiden, bride”), but the existence of this root, as well as the cognacy of the Greek term, has been called into question. The only other viable etymology that has been described in the literature considers the term as a derivative of tālus (“ankle, knuckle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.le.a/, [ˈt̪äːɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.le.a/, [ˈt̪äːleä]

Noun

tālea f (genitive tāleae); first declension

1. A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.
2. A cutting, set or layer for planting.
3. (by extension) A scion, twig, sprig.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tālea	tāleae
Genitive	tāleae	tāleārum
Dative	tāleae	tāleīs
Accusative	tāleam	tāleās
Ablative	tāleā	tāleīs
Vocative	tālea	tāleae

Synonyms

• (rod): virga
• (scion): virga

Derived terms

• tāleola
• taliō
• taleāre

Descendants

• Old French: taille, tallie
  • Middle French: taille
    • French: taille
      • → Danish: talje
    • → English: taille
  • → Irish: táille
  • → Middle English: talie
    • English: tally
• Italian: talea
• Spanish: tajar
• Portuguese: talhar
• → German: Teller
• → North Frisian: täliir (Halligen)
• → Dutch: taloor (Belgian, West Flemish, informal)

References

• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• talea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• talea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.