tallagium

Latin

Alternative forms

taillāgium, tailliāgium, talliāgium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /talˈlaː.ɡi.um/, [talˈlaː.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

tallāgium n (genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension

(medieval, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns.
(medieval, 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.
(medieval, by extension) A grant; financial assistance.

Declension

Second declension.

Case	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, 1883–1887)
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “talliagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,013/1

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