talion
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French talion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin talis (“such”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
talion (uncountable)
- Retaliation; retribution.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
talion
- accusative singular of talio
French
Noun
talion m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “talion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation in 1395[1], borrowed from Latin tāliō.
Noun
talion f (plural talions)
- punishment consisting of the offender having done to him or her what he or she has done to the victim
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (talion, supplement)
- ^ Etymology and history of “talion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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