talea Latin · revision 5190

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=Cato}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtaː.ɫe.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtaː.le.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tālea''' ''f'' (genitive tāleae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It has been connected with [[grc|τᾶλις|tr=tâlis|t=girl, bride]], assuming a basic meaning “to sprout”, which de Vaan calls a wild guess; the only alternative he allows is a derivation from [[tālus]] “ankle, knuckle”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of olive cuttings for planting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a cutting for propagating trees, which Varro says some called ''clāvola'', and a long thin piece of wood or metal, a rod, stake or bar.^(OLD 2012) Caesar reports that the Britons used iron bars of fixed weight as money, and describes stakes a foot long, set with iron hooks, buried in the ground.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval Latin it was confused with ''tallia'' and meant a tally.^(Niermeyer 1976) In British Latin it was a branch, cutting or shoot.^(DMLBS) Late or Medieval Latin ''tāliāre'' “to split”, from ''tālea'', led to Old French ''tailler'', whence [[en|tailor]], literally “a cutter”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of olive cuttings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro says cuttings were also called ''clāvolae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of the iron bars used as money by the Britons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''tailor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cutting]] (for planting); a scion, twig.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A rod, [[m|en|stake]], bar.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|tally]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tāleola]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tālus]]

+ * [[en|tailor]]

+ * [[en|tally]]

+ * [[en|talea]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}