taeda

Latin

Alternative forms

• tēda, daeda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtae̯.da/, [ˈt̪äe̯d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.da/, [ˈt̪ɛːd̪ä]

Noun

taeda f (genitive taedae); first declension

1. resinous pinewood
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.504–505:

     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.)

2. a board or plank of pinewood
3. a torch, particularly if made from resinous pinewood
4. (poetic) wedding or marriage (because of nuptial torches)
5. a small piece of pork fat used for a burnt offering

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taeda	taedae
Genitive	taedae	taedārum
Dative	taedae	taedīs
Accusative	taedam	taedās
Ablative	taedā	taedīs
Vocative	taeda	taedae

Derived terms

• taedifer

Descendants

• Aromanian: dzadã
• Catalan: teia
• Corsican: deda
• → English: tede
• Galician: tea
• Istro-Romanian: zådĕ
• Italian: teda
• Megleno-Romanian: zadă
• Romanian: zadă
• Sicilian: deda
• Spanish: teda, tea

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “taeda”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 673a
• “taeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “taeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “taeda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “taeda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN