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talea

talea

cutting, thin piece of wood

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What it meant

1. talea — de Vaan

talea 'cutting, thin piece of wood' [£ a] (Cato+) Has been connected with Gr. ταλις -ιδος 'young girl, bride' on the assumption of a basic meaning 'green, to sprout'. This seems a wild guess. There is no viable etymology for talea, unless it is a derivative of talus 'ankle, knuckle'. Bibl.: WH II: 643, EM 674, IEW 1055, — [de Vaan, s.v. talea, p. 619]

2. tālĕa — Lewis & Short

tālĕa, ae, f.,

I a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).
I In gen.: taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods, used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23. —
II In partic.
A In agricult.,
1 A cutting, set, layer for planting, Cato, R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61. — *
2 Transf., a scion, twig, sprig, Ser. Samm. 12, 167.—
B In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall, Vitr. 1, 5.

In the wild

6 of 51 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. talea (scan p. 619; entry #1758).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. talea (scan pp. 697-698; entry #11594).

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