maltha
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Noun edit
maltha (countable and uncountable, plural malthas)
- A thick mineral pitch.
- Mineral tar.
- (historical) Any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Noun edit
maltha f (genitive malthae); first declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
malthā
References edit
- “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 (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 121
- Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN