Latin

Alternative forms

• taillāgium, tailliāgium, talliāgium

Noun

tallāgium n ‎(genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension

1. (medieval, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns.
2. (medieval, by extension) Other similar arbitrary imposts by feudal lords upon their vassals, particularly:
   1. A municipal tax.
   2. A toll.
   3. A customs duty.
   4. A levy or other imposition.
3. (medieval, by extension) A grant; financial assistance.

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• TALLIAGIUM, TALLAGIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “talliagium” on page 1,013/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)