tallagium
Latin
Alternative forms
- taillāgium, tailliāgium, talliāgium
Etymology
From Old French taillage, equivalent to tail (“cut; restrict”) + -age, from tailler.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [talˈlaː.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪alˈlaː.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
tallāgium 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
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- "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