pertica

pertĭca, ae, f., a pole, a long staff.

• I In gen.: perticam habere ... quī verberarem asinos, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 43 (587): pertica suspensos portabat longa maniplos, Ov. F. 3, 117; cf. id. Nuc. 68: perticis oleas decutere, Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 11: messis perticis flagellatur, id. 18, 30, 72, § 298; 16, 37, 68, § 174: perticae, quibus araneae deterguntur, Dig. 33, 7, 12: pertica quā stabuli fores oflirmari solebant, Ap. Met. 7, 28, 4.—
• II In partic.
• • A A set, slip, young tree; of willows, Plin. 17, 20, 32, § 141.—
  • B A measuring-rod, with which the grants of land were measured out to the soldiers; a pole, perch (usually called decempeda): abstulit excultas pertica tristis opes, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 130; Val. Cato, Dir. 45; cf. Serv. Verg. Ecl. 9, 7.—
  • • • b Transf., a portion of land measured out with the pertica: quodcumque coloniae est assignatum, id universum pertica appellatur, Front. Limit. Agr. p. 43 Goes.—
    • 2 Trop., a measure.—Prov.: non unā perticā, quod dicitur, Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8.

pertica, ae, f., eine Stange, ein langer Stock, I) im allg., zum Schlagen, Plaut. asin. 589: als Sitzstange für die Vögel im Vogelhause, Varro r. r. 3, 5, 4: zum Abstreifen oder Abschlagen der Früchte, Ov. nuc. 69: zum Anbinden usw. von Bäumen usw., Colum. 4, 32, 2 u. 33, 3. Plin. 16, 174: als Signalstange, Curt. 5, 2 (7), 7: als Querriegel zum Verriegeln einer Stalltür, Apul. met. 7, 28. – II) insbes.: A) die Meßrute (gew. decempeda gen.), 1) eig., Gromat. vet. p. 18, 9 u.a.: bei der Ackerverteilung unter die Soldaten gebraucht, Prop. 4, 1, 130. – Sprichw., quos non unā, ut dicitur, perticā, sed distinctim gradatimque tractavi, nicht nach derselben Elle, Plin. ep. 8, 2, 8. – 2) meton., der ganze, mit der Meßrute gemessene und verteilte Acker, Gromat. vet. 339, 3 u.a. – B) der Getzling, junge Baum (zu Pfählen), v. jungen Weiden, Plin. 17, 141.

1 pertica [CL], ~us 1 (wooden) rod, pole, stick, bar (dist. acc. use). b perch for a bird. pilleum quo caput velabat procul quasi ~am unam a capite decussum projecit B. V. Dunst. 18; Jacobus ‥ cum ~is fullonum interfectus est [PL: Jacobus ‥ ~a fullonis interfectus] Beleth RDO 124. 131C; pellicia de peregrinis murium pellibus necnon et cuniculorum ~is appensa Gir. RG III 3 p. 94; quando es in domo coram marito, [vestimenta] induis vilia, super ~am ponis preciosa O. Cheriton Fab. 64A p. 237 ; 1259 custodi vinee regis habere faciat virgas et ~as ad reparacionem vinee regis Cl 366; 1292 in ~is pro una teuda, ix asper’ KR Ac 308/13 m. 2 ; 1301 R. G. pro falsa ~a [measuring rod] quia minuta Rec. Leic. I 238; 1302 ~a, super quam ponuntur cerei et candele Reg. Durh. III 47; 1331 duo instrumenta ferrea cum longis ~is pro herbis extrahendis (Invent. Pri. Cant.) Arch. J. LIII 274; navigans contra impetum fluvii cum magna ~a Latin Stories 14; a metrod, partica Levins Manip. 155.  b de arbore ‥ ~am ei fac Adel. CA 11 (v. excorticare 1a); 1163 pro ~is ad aves regis vj s. ix d. Pipe 71; quorum [accipitrum] duos ‥ super ~am exposuit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 66 p. 467; psittacus ‥ dolorem simulans e ~a cui insidebat morienti similis cecidit Neckam NR I 37 p. 89; [accipitres] a suis dominis diliguntur, in manibus gestantur, et super ~as [v. l. particas; Trevisa: perchis] reponuntur Bart. Angl. XII 2 p. 519; 1275 Johanni Merimar[io] ‥ pro xj pertic[is] ad falcones, ij s. iiij d. KR Ac 467/6/2 m. 11; Radulfo Merimar[io] pro ij partic[is], ij d. Ib.; nisus unus sedens in ~a [ME: a perke] Itin. Mand. 80. 2 a stem, stalk of apple. b (beam of) antler. a partes fructuum ‥ hec ~a, the sterte of a napulle WW.  b 1209 quidam cervus inventus fuit mortuus ‥ et habuit unam perticham fractam usque ad cerebrum SelPlForest 4; viscera ‥ cervi inventa fuerunt subtus molendinum ‥ et perticha similiter. et erat una percussura in perticha ac si esset facta de quadam securi Ib. 6; combure cervi ~am et testas ovorum Gilb. VII 296. 2. 3 linear measure, perch; b (defined). c (as square measure of land); d (of crop or sim. yielded by one perch of land); e (of forest). sive stadium, sive jugerum, sive ~am ‥ partiri opus habes Bede TR 4 p. 185; aedificium situ pene rotundum, a muro usque ad murum mensura quattuor ferme sive quinque ~arum distentum Id. CuthbP 17; usque ad unam leugam et iij ~as et iij pedes DB I 2ra; silva l pertic’ lg’ [i. longitudine] et xl lat[itudine] DB I 78vb; a1155 donasse ‥ quiquid de terra mea de K. muri ambitu curie ‥ continetur, viz. ~as in longitudine xxj in latitudine x Doc. Theob. C 4 p. 542.  b c1100 ~a passus duos [habet] id est pedes decem, ~as autem justa loca vel crassitudinem terrarum, prout provincialibus placuit, videmus dispositas, quasdam x pedes, quibusdam duos additos pedes; aliquas vero xv vel xvij pedum definitas. ‥ alii autem voluerunt ut ~a xlviij palmorum esset; quo ~a ad †manus [l. minus] xv pedes habet Eng. Weights 3–4; 1160 per ~am ejusdem ville Danelaw 151; c1160 ~a est de xvj pedibus Dom. S. Paul. 130; c1195 octo acras terre ‥ per ~am xviij pedum Danelaw 154; c1196 noveritis me dedisse ‥ xxvij acras terre in Hevenwod de wasto meo cum omnibus pertinentiis suis per ~am viginti pedum Cart. Brinkburn 24; octo ‥ virgate unam hidam faciunt. wista ‥ quattuor virgatis constat. leuga ‥ Anglica duodecim quarenteines conficitur, quarenteina vero quadraginta ~is. ~a habet longitudinis sedecim pedes. acra habet in longitudine quadraginta ~as et quattuor in latitudine Chr. Battle f. 15; 1214 xxx acre bosci ‥ sed ad ~am xxvj pedum CurR VII 283; 1225 unam ‥ acram ‥ sc. ex parte del north per ~am viginti et quatuor pedum Cart. Sallay 380; 1228 rex dedit ‥ x acras bosci ‥ per ~am xviij pedum et dimidii Cl 13; 1229 rex ‥ concessit ‥ Rannulfo ‥ xij acras terre ‥ ad perdicam suam Cl 261; 1258 debet fieri eadem mensuracio per unam et eandem ~am, sc. xx pedum Cl 306.  c 762 (15c) terra ‥ extensas habens tres ~as CS 192; 938 (11c) dabo ‥ sex ~as ubi incolis vocit[at]ur Hrocastoc CS 723; 969 dedi ‥ duas mansas et unam ~am in discretis viz. locis CS 1231; habentes dim. car’ et ij acras et j ~am prati DB I 276va; confirmavimus ‥ tres acras et unam perticham terre Reg. Malm. II 234; tres partice juxta Vernhale, una partica juxta ‥ Ib. 260.  d 1234 quando levat pratum domini, debet habere unam ~am feni, quod [sic] Anglice dicitur soylon Cust. Glast. 59.  e 1260 per ~am nostram de foresta mensurari faceretis ‥ xl acras ‥ Cl 22; per ~am regis de foresta Cl 213; 1315 lxiiij acras bosci ‥ per ~am de foresta Cl 132 m. 19. 4 (as place-name) Perche; b (passing into surname). comitissa ~e W. Malm. GR V 419; convocatis proceribus ~i et Corbonie Ord. Vit. XIII 1 p. 1; Alencion ‥ et Nogentum in ~a ‥ et alia oppida ‥ perierunt Ib. 16 p. 41; 1203 de scutagio xix militum comitis de ~o Pipe 27.  b 1198 Galfridus de ~o Pipe 66. 5 (as name of comet). ~a autem grossum habet radium et cum diversis jungitur planetis, sed non cum sole Ps.-Gros. Summa 586.

2 pertica [cf. 1 perca, 1 percha] , kind of freshwater fish, perch (Perca fluvialis). 1250 ubi major sit copia piscium cum ~is Cl 332; in piscibus ut patet in lucio et in ~a Bacon IX 37; 1417 in j ~a et j anat’ de ryver empt’ iiij d. Ac. Durh. 55.

1 pertĭca, (13) æ, f. , perche, gaule : Pl. As. 589 ; Varro R. 3, 5, 4 ; perticis decutere Plin. 15, 11, gauler || surgeon, rejeton : Plin. 17, 141 || perche dʼarpenteur : Prop. 4, 1, 130 ; unā perticā [prov.] Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 2, 8, uniformément, dʼaprès une seule et même mesure || territoire dʼune colonie : Grom. 18, 9.

pertica , ae. f.
長棍。一丈。木條。Una pertica tractare 待人不分貴賤。

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pertica ae, f

• a pole, long staff: longa, O.—A signal pole, Cu.—A measuring rod, Pr.

PERTICA

PE´RTICA[MENSURAp. 162; DECEMPEDA]