tallagium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French taillage, equivalent to tail (“cut; restrict”) + -age, from tailler.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /talˈlaː.ɡi.um/, [t̪älˈlʲäːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /talˈla.d͡ʒi.um/, [t̪älˈläːd͡ʒium]
Noun
edittallāgium n (genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns.
- (Medieval Latin, by extension) Other similar arbitrary imposts by feudal lords upon their vassals, particularly:
- (Medieval Latin, by extension) A grant; financial assistance.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tallāgium | tallāgia |
Genitive | tallāgiī tallāgī1 |
tallāgiōrum |
Dative | tallāgiō | tallāgiīs |
Accusative | tallāgium | tallāgia |
Ablative | tallāgiō | tallāgiīs |
Vocative | tallāgium | tallāgia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- Talliagium, Tallagium 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “talliagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,013/1