tallagium

Latin

Alternative forms

• taillāgium, tailliāgium, talliāgium

Etymology

From Old French taillage, equivalent to tail (“cut; restrict”) + -age, from tailler.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /talˈlaː.ɡi.um/, [t̪älˈlʲäːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /talˈla.d͡ʒi.um/, [t̪älˈläːd͡ʒium]

Noun

tallāgium n (genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns.
2. (Medieval Latin, by extension) Other similar arbitrary imposts by feudal lords upon their vassals, particularly:
   1. A municipal tax.
   2. A toll.
   3. A customs duty.
   4. A levy or other imposition.
3. (Medieval Latin, by extension) A grant; financial assistance.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tallāgium	tallāgia
genitive	tallāgiī tallāgī1	tallāgiōrum
dative	tallāgiō	tallāgiīs
accusative	tallāgium	tallāgia
ablative	tallāgiō	tallāgiīs
vocative	tallāgium	tallāgia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Talliagium, Tallagium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “talliagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,013/1