bannileuga

Latin

Alternative forms
  • banleuca

Etymology

bannus (“jurisdiction”) +‎ leuga (“league, mile”); compare German Bannmeile

Noun

bannileuga f (genitive bannileugae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. area of jurisdiction; outlying area around a castle, city, etc., subject to its authority
  2. fine for an offence committed in such an area

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bannileuga bannileugae
Genitive bannileugae bannileugārum
Dative bannileugae bannileugīs
Accusative bannileugam bannileugās
Ablative bannileugā bannileugīs
Vocative bannileuga bannileugae

Descendants
  • → Old French: banlieue

References
  • bannileuga 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)
  • bannileuga in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bannileuga”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
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