talion
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French talion, from Latin talis (“such”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
talion (uncountable)
- Retaliation; retribution.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy.
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Noun edit
talion
- accusative singular of talio
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French talion, borrowed from Latin taliōnem, from talis (“such”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
talion m (uncountable)
- retaliation
- (law) a punishment equal to the injury sustained
Further reading edit
- “talion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation in 1395,[1] borrowed from Latin tāliō.
Noun edit
talion f (plural talions)
- punishment consisting of the offender having done to him or her what he or she has done to the victim
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (talion, supplement)
- ^ Etymology and history of “talion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
talion n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of talion (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) talion | talionul |
genitive/dative | (unui) talion | talionului |
vocative | talionule |