virgata
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- virgāta: (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.ta/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ä]
- virgāta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈɡa.ta/, [virˈɡäːt̪ä]
- virgātā: (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.taː/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪äː]
- virgātā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈɡa.ta/, [virˈɡäːt̪ä]
Etymology 1 edit
A calque of the Old English gerd (“branch, rod, yard, yardland”) formed from virga + -āta
Noun edit
virgāta f (genitive virgātae); first declension
- The yardland or virgate, an English land measure usually comprising ¼ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Usage notes edit
The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed to the Saxon and Norman kings and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year, meaning the yardland was expected to produce 60 d. (3 Tower ounces of sterling silver). In fact, the yardland became associated with its own obligations and thus also varied, in some places being reckoned as one sixth of a hide rather than one quarter.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | virgāta | virgātae |
Genitive | virgātae | virgātārum |
Dative | virgātae | virgātīs |
Accusative | virgātam | virgātās |
Ablative | virgātā | virgātīs |
Vocative | virgāta | virgātae |
Descendants edit
- English: virgate
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
virgāta
- inflection of virgātus:
Adjective edit
virgātā
References edit
- virgata 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)