LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

taeda

taeda f (genitive taedae)
Classical[ˈtae̯.da]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː.da]

Meaning

  1. feminineresinous pinewood
    At rēgīna, pyrā penetrālī in sēde sub aurās ērēcta ingentī taedīs atque īlice secta, [...].But the queen — after the pyre had been built under open sky in the innermost [part of] the palace, piled high with resinous pinewood and split holm-oak — …. (The pine will ignite more easily; the oak will burn longer.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.504–505
  2. femininea board or plank of pinewood
  3. femininea torch, particularly if made from resinous pinewood
  4. femininepoeticwedding or marriage (because of nuptial torches)
  5. femininea small piece of pork fat used for a burnt offering

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fax nūptiālis pīnea
taeda -ae (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 11

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Fax · Tæda · Funale

Fax is the general expression for any sort of torch; tæda is a natural pine torch; funale, an artificial wax-torch.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetaedataedae
genitivetaedaetaedārum
dativetaedaetaedīs
accusativetaedamtaedās
ablativetaedātaedīs
vocativetaedataedae

taeda (tēda), ae (
I. gen. taedaï, Lucr. 6, 897), f. etym. dub.; cf. taedet, a resinous species of pine-tree, the pitch-pine tree (syn. fax): Pinus combra, Linn.
I. Lit., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 44; 16, 11, 21, § 52; 37, 3, 11, § 43; 35, 6, 25, § 41: ceu flamma per taedas equitavit, Hor. C. 4, 4, 43. —
II. Transf.
A. Resinous fir or pine wood, pitch-pine: cupas taedā ac pice refertas incendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11; 3, 101: pyrā erectā taedis atque ilice sectā, Verg. A. 4, 505: schedias taedā comburere, Vitr. 7, 10.—
2. A pitchpine torch, a torch: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.); cf.: taedae ardentes Furiarum, Cic. Pis. 20, 46; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67: Ceres dicitur inflammasse taedas eis ignibus, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; cf. Ov. F. 4, 494: accensis currere taedis, Prop. 2, 32, 9: taedas Hymenaeus Amorque Praecutiunt, Ov. M. 4, 758; so of a nuptial torch, id. H. 4, 121; Verg. A. 4, 18 al.; hence, poet., a wedding, marriage, id. ib. 4, 339; 7, 388; 9, 76; Ov. M. 9, 721; 9, 768; 4, 326; 14, 677; 15, 826: copulari taedis, Sen. Herc. Fur. 493: jungere taedas, Stat. S. 3, 4, 53: teque mihi taeda pudica dedit, Ov. H. 6, 134: sacra conubia fallere taedae, Mart. 6, 2, 1; and for love, in gen., Prop. 1, 8, 21: taedaeque ad funera versae, torches reversed, in sign of mourning, Sil. 2, 184; 13, 547.—As an instrument of torture: verbera, carnifices, robur, pix, lamina, taedae, Lucr. 3, 1017; Juv. 1, 155. —
3. A pine board, a sawn plank: dolato confisus ligno, digitis a morte remotus Quattuor, aut septem, si sit latissima taeda, Juv. 12, 59. — *
B. A small piece of pork or fat, used for religious purposes, Arn. 7, 230.

Origins

An ancient borrowing of unknown intermediary, ultimately from Ancient Greek δᾰΐς (dăḯs).

Descendants
  • Catalanteia
  • Englishtede
  • Italianteda
  • Romanianzadă
  • Spanishteda
  • Spanishtea
  • Aromaniandzadã
  • Asturiantea
  • Corsicandeda
  • Galiciantea

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTaedaTaeda (δαΐς, Att. δᾴς, dim. δᾳδίον), a torch of fir-wood, called on this account pinea taeda (Catull. 61, 15; Ovid, Ov. Fast. 2.558). Hence the name t…

Quick answers

What does taeda mean in Latin?
taeda, a noun, means “resinous pinewood; a board or plank of pinewood; a torch, particularly if made from resinous pinewood”.
What is the genitive of taeda?
The genitive singular is taedae. taeda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce taeda?
In classical Latin, [ˈtae̯.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɛː.da].