talea

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tālea (1940s), from Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

talea (plural taleae)

1. (music) A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm implying a piece cut off.

• Altea, alate

Borrowed from Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

talea f (plural talee)

1. cutting, scion

• taleaggio

• alate, altea

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”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtaː.ɫe.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtaː.le.a]

tālea f (genitive tāleae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

• (rod): virga
• (scion): virga

• tāleola
• taliō
• taleāre

• → Italian: talea
• → English: talea

• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "talea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “talea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.