tālĕa, ae, f., a slender staff, a rod, stick, stake, bar (syn.: virga, stipes).
I In gen.: taleae pedem longae ferreis hamis infixis totae in terram infodiebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: ferreae, iron rods , used as money by the Britons, id. ib. 5, 12; Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23. —
II In partic.
A In agricult.,
1 A cutting , set , layer for planting, Cato R. R. 45; Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; Col. 4, 31, 2; 4, 33, 4; Pall. Mart. 10, 11; Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61. — *
2 Transf., a scion , twig , sprig , Ser. Samm. 12, 167.—
B In archit., a small beam used for binding together the joints of a wall , Vitr. 1, 5.