matia

See also: Matia, Matìa, and mätiä

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin mateola, possibly via Frankish *mattjō (cutting tool, hoe, chisel) (compare Old High German mezzo (stone cutter, mason) ( > Medieval Latin maciō (stone cutter, mason)).

Pronunciation

Noun

matia f (genitive matiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
  2. (Medieval Latin) mace (ceremonial form of this club-weapon)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative matia matiae
Genitive matiae matiārum
Dative matiae matiīs
Accusative matiam matiās
Ablative matiā matiīs
Vocative matia matiae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *mattea

References

  • matia 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)
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 661/2, “matia”
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