treuga

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Latin

Alternative forms

trewa, treva, trega, treuca

Etymology

Borrowed from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Forms such as trewa likely reflect Proto-West Germanic *treuwu. Cognate with English truce.

Noun

treuga f (genitive treugae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

pledge
security for a pledge
truce, armistice
Synonym: indūtiae

treuga Deī ― truce of God
tribute, especially for the maintenance of a peace

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	treuga	treugae
genitive	treugae	treugārum
dative	treugae	treugīs
accusative	treugam	treugās
ablative	treugā	treugīs
vocative	treuga	treugae

Descendants

→ English: treague

References

treuga 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)
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “treuga”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “trewa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1041

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