taeda

Alternative forms

• tēda

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάοσ (dáos, “torch”), from δαίω (daíō, “to kindle”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂u- (“kindle, burn”). Related to Tocharian A twās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtae̯.da/

Noun

taeda f (genitive taedae); first declension

1. A pine wood.
2. A wooden board.
3. A torch.

References

• taeda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taeda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• taeda in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taeda in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN