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Latin
Alternative forms
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
Noun
matia f (genitive matiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
- (Medieval Latin) mace (ceremonial form of this club-weapon)
Declension
First-declension noun.
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Descendants
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”