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intrāta f (genitive intrātae); first declension; also neuter plural intrāta[1][2] Also spelled entrata and intrada.[1][2]

Etymology

It is a noun from Latin intrō2 (“to enter”), made from its past participle,[1][2] used both as a feminine singular and as a neuter plural.[2] It matches Italian entrata, Spanish entrada and French entrée.[3][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler dates its first record to a charter of 1086.[1] The earliest quotation in the MLW, from a charter of 1203, uses it for an entrance or way in.[3]

Semantic evolution

From “entry” the word passed to the money due on entering: an import duty on goods brought in, and the fee paid on entering into a holding, the feudal relief.[2][4] More generally it meant revenue, income: statutes of Marseille list it among a city's revenues.[2][4][5] A fee that prisoners paid to the jailer on entering prison was also called intrata.[4]

Timeline

  • 1086 – A charter, Köbler's first record.[1]
  • 1203 – A charter uses it of an entrance.[3]
  • 1262 – A transaction between Charles I, Count of Provence, and the Hospital of Saint John lists intratae among revenues.[4]
  • 1268 – An inquest at Marseille calls the port's import dues intratae.[4]
  • 1446 – An ordinance condemns the intrata exacted from prisoners.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Medieval Latin) Entry, entrance.[2][3][4]
  2. An import duty.[2][4][5]
  3. Revenue, income.[2][4][5]
  4. A relief, a fee for entering a holding.[2][4]
  5. A fee paid by a prisoner on entering prison.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
  3. ^ a b c d Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
  5. ^ a b c Bartal, Antal, et al. (1987–), Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi Hungariae, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; online ed. ELTE