matia
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin mateola, possibly via Frankish *mattjō (“cutting tool, hoe, chisel”) (compare Old High German mezzo (“stone cutter, mason”) ( > Medieval Latin maciō (“stone cutter, mason”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈma.ti.a/, [ˈmät̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmat.t͡si.a/, [ˈmät̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
editmatia f (genitive matiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
- (Medieval Latin) mace (ceremonial form of this club-weapon)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | matia | matiae |
Genitive | matiae | matiārum |
Dative | matiae | matiīs |
Accusative | matiam | matiās |
Ablative | matiā | matiīs |
Vocative | matia | matiae |
Synonyms
edit- (club): fūstis (Classical)
Descendants
edit- Vulgar Latin: *mattea
References
edit- matia 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)
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 661/2, “matia”