marginalia

English

Etymology

From New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (on the periphery), from Latin margō (border, edge). By surface analysis, marginal +‎ -ia. Compare margin.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪliə
  • Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧na‧lia

Noun

marginalia pl (normally plural, singular marginale or marginalium)

  1. Notes in the margin of a document. [from 1830s]
    Synonyms: apostil, marginal note, gloss
    We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript.
    • 2008, Jennifer Summit, Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England, page 170:
      In so doing, he transforms the Foxian compulsion to distinguish true martyrs from false ones —and thus to differentiate his own saint-making project from medieval hagiography—into a model of textual criticism, directed at detecting and desanctifying the false martyr through the critical medium of marginalia.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (on the periphery), from Latin margō (border, edge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.d͡ʒiˈna.lja/
  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧nà‧lia

Noun

marginalia m pl (plural only)

  1. marginalia

Further reading

  • marginalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

marginālia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of marginālis

References

  • marginalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • marginalia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marginalia.

Noun

marginalia f (uncountable)

  1. marginalia

Declension

Declension of marginalia
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative marginalia marginaliaua
genitive-dative - -i
vocative