smaltum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *smalt and/or *smaltī (“enamel, metallic alloy”). Documented from the year 913.[1]
Noun edit
smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | smaltum | smalta |
| Genitive | smaltī | smaltōrum |
| Dative | smaltō | smaltīs |
| Accusative | smaltum | smalta |
| Ablative | smaltō | smaltīs |
| Vocative | smaltum | smalta |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Franco-Provençal: (Albanais) émâlyo m, (Saxel) émâlya f
- Old French: esmal (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: esmalt (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- smaltum 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)
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “smaltum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 974