LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

tālea

tālea f (genitive tāleae)
Classical[ˈtaː.ɫe.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.le.a]

Meaning

  1. A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.
  2. A cutting, set or layer for planting.
  3. broadlyA scion, twig, sprig.

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Rami · Ramalia · Virga · Termes · Turio · Surculus · Talea · Sarmentum · Stolo · Virgultum · Fruticetum

1. Rami and ramalia are the boughs of a tree; rami (from ῥάκος) the living, green boughs, θαλλοί; ramalia, the withered dry boughs. Whereas virga, termes, turio, surculus, talea, sarmentum, and stolo, are only twigs; virga, and the words of rare occurrence, termes olivæ, and turio lauri, without any accessory reference, like κλάδος, κλών, κλῆμα; surculus and talea as members and offspring of the tree, which as scions and shoots should be subservient to the parent-stock, like ὀρσός; sarmentum and stolo, as mere off-shoots of the tree, are set aside, and cast away; sarmentum (from sarpere, ἅρπη,) as a completely useless twig; stolo, as at the same time an injurious sucker. 2. Virgultum is a place grown over with bushes, and not bare; fruticetum (from frutices) a place grown over with shrubs, and not passable. (v. 283.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetālea
tāleola		tāleae
tāleolae
genitivetāleae
tāleolae		tāleārum
tāleolārum
dativetāleae
tāleolae		tāleīs
tāleolīs
accusativetāleam
tāleolam		tāleās
tāleolās
ablativetāleā
tāleolā		tāleīs
tāleolīs
vocativetālea
tāleola		tāleae
tāleolae

tālĕa, ae, f.,
I. a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).
I. In gen.: taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods, used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23. —
II. In partic.
A. In agricult.,
1. A cutting, set, layer for planting, Cato, R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61. — *
2. Transf., a scion, twig, sprig, Ser. Samm. 12, 167.—
B. In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall, Vitr. 1, 5.

Origins

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂l- (“to grow; young animal”) and compared with Ancient Greek τᾶλῐς (tâlĭs, “maiden, bride”), but the existence of this root, as well as the cognacy of the Greek term, has been called into question. The only other viable etymology that has been described in the literature considers the term as a derivative of tālus (“ankle, knuckle”).

Descendants
  • Italiantalea
  • Englishtalea

Quick answers

What does tālea mean in Latin?
tālea, a noun, means “A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.; A cutting, set or layer for planting.”.
What is the genitive of tālea?
The genitive singular is tāleae. tālea is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce tālea?
In classical Latin, [ˈtaː.ɫe.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtaː.le.a].