treuga

Latin

Alternative forms

• trewa, treva, trega, treuca

Etymology

Borrowed from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Forms such as trewa likely reflect Proto-West Germanic *treuwu. Cognate with English truce.

Noun

treuga f (genitive treugae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. pledge
2. security for a pledge
3. truce, armistice

   Synonym: indūtiae

   treuga Deī ― truce of God

4. tribute, especially for the maintenance of a peace

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	treuga	treugae
Genitive	treugae	treugārum
Dative	treugae	treugīs
Accusative	treugam	treugās
Ablative	treugā	treugīs
Vocative	treuga	treugae

Descendants

• → English: treague

References

• treuga 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)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “treuga”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “trewa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1041