talis Latin · revision 5676

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tālis''' (neuter tāle, adverb tāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*tāli-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*teh₂-li-|t=such]], from the demonstrative stem *to-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|τηλίκος|tr=tēlíkos|t=of such an age]], [[lt|tolei|t=until]] and [[cu|толь|tr=tolĭ|t=so much]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It pairs with the relative [[quālis]] “of which kind”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who says that age likes to play such games.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Ennius.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of such a kind, referring to what the context states, and summing up what was just said.^(OLD 2012) Pregnantly it was “such a fine (or bad) one”, as Terence's “should I not weep for such a young man?”^(OLD 2012) It was used with a correlative ''quālis'', as Cicero's eloquence such as was in Crassus, and with a clause of result, as Cicero's man who was such that he deserved well of the people.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its derivative [[tāliō]] “retaliation in kind” gave [[en|retaliate]] in the 1610s.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline) It survives in [[it|tale]], [[fr|tel]] and [[es|tal]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus says that age likes to play such games.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence asks whether he should not weep for such a young man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero pairs it with ''quālis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''retaliate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Such]], of such a kind.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Such (as described just before).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Such (an excellent or bad one).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''tālis ... quālis'', such ... as.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Such (that), with a clause of result.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[taliscumque]]

+ * [[tāliō]]

+ * [[tāliter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quī]]

+ * [[quālis]]

+ * [[tantus]]

+ * [[en|retaliate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Tālīs'' is also the dative and ablative plural of [[tālus]] “ankle; knucklebone”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}