taliatura

Forms

taliātūra f (genitive taliātūrae); first declension^[1] Gaffiot writes it tāliātūra.^[2] Niermeyer gives the medieval spellings teclatura and ticlatura.^[3][4]

Etymology

It is a noun from Late Latin taleō (“to cut”) with the suffix -tūra;^[3][4][1] Köbler and Georges spell the verb with ⟨i⟩.^[3][4][1] Du Cange treats it under tālea (“cutting, thin piece of wood”),^[5][6] a noun for which de Vaan finds no viable etymology unless it is derived from tālus (“ankle, knuckle”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The writings of the Roman land surveyors have it for a cleft;^[1][2] Köbler's other early source is the Edict of Rothari (643).^[4]

Semantic evolution

In Medieval Latin it was a notch cut in a tree to mark a boundary.^[3][4] Du Cange quotes a Provençal glossary for the related talhadura, glossed cissura, fissura.^[5]

Timeline

• 643 – The Edict of Rothari uses it.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. A cleft, fissure.^[1][2][7]
2. (Medieval Latin) A notch cut in a tree as a boundary mark.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
2. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
3. ^ a b c d e Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
4. ^ a b c d e f g Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
6. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
7. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier