maltha

English

Etymology

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

Noun

maltha (countable and uncountable, plural malthas)

1. A thick mineral pitch.
2. Mineral tar.
3. (historical) Any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar.

Anagrams

• Altham, Latham

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

Noun

maltha f (genitive malthae); first declension

1. A kind of varnish or cement; maltha.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maltha	malthae
Genitive	malthae	malthārum
Dative	malthae	malthīs
Accusative	maltham	malthās
Ablative	malthā	malthīs
Vocative	maltha	malthae

Derived terms

• malthō

Descendants

• → English: maltha
• → French: malthe
• → Italian: malta, mota
  • → Czech: malta
  • → Slovak: malta

Verb

malthā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of malthō

References

• “maltha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maltha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “maltha”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 121
• Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN