treuga
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Forms such as trewa likely reflect Proto-West Germanic *treuwu. Cognate with English truce.
Noun edit
treuga f (genitive treugae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
- pledge
- security for a pledge
- truce, armistice
- Synonym: indūtiae
- treuga Deī ― truce of God
- tribute, especially for the maintenance of a peace
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | treuga | treugae |
| Genitive | treugae | treugārum |
| Dative | treugae | treugīs |
| Accusative | treugam | treugās |
| Ablative | treugā | treugīs |
| Vocative | treuga | treugae |
Descendants edit
- → English: treague
References edit
- treuga 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)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “treuga”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “trewa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1041