talis

See also: Tālis

English

Etymology 1

Noun

talis

1. Alternative form of tallit

Etymology 2

Noun

talis

1. plural of tali

See also

• talis qualis

Anagrams

• Itals, A list, silat, laits, alist, Laist, tails, Laits, litas, stail, A-list, itals, ATLIs, Talsi, Latis

Catalan

Verb

talis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of talar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“demonstrative stem”) and maybe *h₂el- (“to grow”) (cf. the sense of indolēs, from this root). Cognate with Ancient Greek τηλίκος (tēlíkos, “of such an age”), Welsh talu (“to pay”), Proto-Slavic *toliko (“this much”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.lis/, [ˈt̪äːlʲɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.lis/, [ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

tālis (neuter tāle, adverb tāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. such
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.92:

     [...] tālibus adgreditur Venerem Sāturnia dictīs: [...].

     [... Juno, daughter of] Saturn, approaches Venus with such an offer: [...].

2. so or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or important
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.47-48:

     “Quam tū urbem, soror, hanc cernēs, quae surgere rēgna / coniugiō tālī!”

     “What [about] your city, [my] sister — this you will see! — what a realm [will] arise from such a distinguished union!”
     (Anna endorses Dido’s prospective marriage to Aeneas as advantageous for Carthage and its queen.)

3. tālis ... quālis ― just like

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	tālis	tāle		tālēs	tālia
genitive	tālis			tālium
dative	tālī			tālibus
accusative	tālem	tāle		tālēs tālīs	tālia
ablative	tālī			tālibus
vocative	tālis	tāle		tālēs	tālia

Coordinate terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Derived terms

• tāliō
• tāliter
• *eccum tālis

Descendants

• Aragonese: tall
• Catalan: tal
• Corsican: tali
• Extremaduran: tal
• French: tel
• Friulian: tâl
• Galician: tal
• Gallurese: tali, tal
• Istro-Romanian: tore
• Interlingua: tal
• Italian: tale
• Ligurian: tâ, tâle
• Megleno-Romanian: tari
• Mirandese: tal
• Occitan: tal
• Old French: tel, itel
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tal, atal
• Piedmontese: tal
• Portuguese: tal
• Romanian: tare ⇒ atare
• Sassarese: tari
• Sicilian: tali
• Spanish: tal
• Venetan: tal

References

• “talis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “talis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "talis", 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)
• talis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • such was the end of... (used of a violent death): talem vitae exitum (not finem) habuit (Nep. Eum. 13)
    
  • (ambiguous) the conversation began in this way: sermo inductus a tali exordio
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• talis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

talis

Noun

talis m (uncountable)

1. thallium (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of talis

nominative	talis
genitive	talio
dative	taliui
accusative	talį
instrumental	taliu
locative	talyje
vocative	tali