virgata
Latin
Pronunciation
- virgāta: (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.ta/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ä]
- virgāta: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈɡa.ta/, [virˈɡäːt̪ä]
- virgātā: (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.taː/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪äː]
- virgātā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈɡa.ta/, [virˈɡäːt̪ä]
Etymology 1
A calque of the Old English gerd (“branch, rod, yard, yardland”) formed from virga + -āta
Noun
virgāta f (genitive virgātae); first declension
- The yardland or virgate, an English land measure usually comprising ¼ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Usage notes
The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed to the Saxon and Norman kings and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year, meaning the yardland was expected to produce 60 d. (3 Tower ounces of sterling silver). In fact, the yardland became associated with its own obligations and thus also varied, in some places being reckoned as one sixth of a hide rather than one quarter.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | virgāta | virgātae |
| Genitive | virgātae | virgātārum |
| Dative | virgātae | virgātīs |
| Accusative | virgātam | virgātās |
| Ablative | virgātā | virgātīs |
| Vocative | virgāta | virgātae |
Descendants
- English: virgate
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
virgāta
- inflection of virgātus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
virgātā
- ablative feminine singular of virgātus
References
- virgata 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)