matia

See also: Matia, Matìa, and mätiä

Latin

Alternative forms

• maca, macha, machia, macia, mascea, masia, maza, mazia, mazza

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin mateola f, possibly via Frankish *mattjō m (“cutting tool, hoe, chisel”)

Compare Old High German mezzo (“stone cutter, mason”) ( > Medieval Latin maciō m (“stone cutter, mason”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti.a/, [ˈmät̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.t͡si.a/, [ˈmät̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

matia f (genitive matiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
2. (Medieval Latin) mace (ceremonial form of this club-weapon)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	matia	matiae
genitive	matiae	matiārum
dative	matiae	matiīs
accusative	matiam	matiās
ablative	matiā	matiīs
vocative	matia	matiae

Synonyms

• (club): fūstis m (Classical Latin)

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *mattea f
  • Aromanian: matsã, mats
  • Italian: mazza f
  • Old French: mace f, mache (Picardy)
    • French: masse
    • → Middle English: mace, maas, masse, mase, maiis
      • English: mace
      • Scots: mace
  • Megleno-Romanian: matsi
  • Romanian: maț, mațe n
  • Sicilian: mazza
  • Spanish: maza

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”