tallagium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === taillāgium, tailliāgium, talliāgium === Etymology === From Old French taillage, equivalent to tail (“cut; restrict”) + -age, from tailler. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [talˈlaː.ɡi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [talˈlaː.d͡ʒi.um] === Noun === tallāgium n (genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension (Medieval Latin, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns. (Medieval Latin, by extension) Other similar arbitrary imposts by feudal lords upon their vassals, particularly: A municipal tax. A toll. A customs duty. A levy or other imposition. (Medieval Latin, by extension) A grant; financial assistance. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === "Talliagium, Tallagium", 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) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “talliagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,013/1