matia

See also: Matia, Matìa, and mätiä

Latin

Alternative forms

• maca, macha, machia, macia, mascea, masia, maza, mazia, mazza

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti.a/, [ˈmät̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.t͡si.a/, [ˈmät̪ː͡s̪iä]

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

• (club): fūstis (Classical)

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *mattea
  • Aromanian: matsã, mats
  • Italian: mazza
  • Old French: mace
    • → Middle English: mace
      • English: mace
  • Megleno-Romanian: matsi
  • Romanian: maț, mațe
  • Sicilian: mazza
  • Spanish: maza

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”