partita
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Forms
partīta f (genitive partītae); first declension[1] Niermeyer also records the spelling partida.[2]
Etymology
It is from Latin partiō (“to share out, divide”), from pars (“part”).[1]
Earliest recorded meaning
Köbler's first record is from 1248,[1] with the meaning “quarter of a town”.[1][2]
Semantic evolution
Its main medieval sense was a quarter or ward of a town:[2][3] the customs of Toulouse cited by Du Cange levy a tax by the partitae of the town.[3] A charter of King Philip the Fair of 1290 uses it for a measure of land, which Du Cange suspects may be the same as pertica;[3] Polish medieval Latin also has it for a piece of land.[4]
Du Cange also records it as an Italian word for a livery or badge in the statutes of Mantua, where the podestà's attendants are dressed in one partita.[3]
Timeline
- 1248 – First record, for a quarter of a town.[1]
- 1290 – A charter of Philip the Fair uses it for a measure of land.[3]
Meanings
Noun
- (Medieval Latin) A quarter or ward of a town.[2][3]
- (Medieval Latin) A measure or piece of land.[3][4]
- (Medieval Latin) A livery or badge.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
- ^ a b c d e f g h du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
- ^ a b Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl