spelta

See also: Spelta

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛl.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛlta
• Hyphenation: spèl‧ta

Noun

spelta f (plural spelte)

1. spelt (Triticum spelta)

See also

• farro

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈs̠pɛɫ̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈspɛl̪t̪ä]

Noun

spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension

1. spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spelta	speltae
Genitive	speltae	speltārum
Dative	speltae	speltīs
Accusative	speltam	speltās
Ablative	speltā	speltīs
Vocative	spelta	speltae

Descendants

• Catalan: espelta
• Old French: espiautre
  • French: épeautre
• Galician: espelta
• Italian: spelta
• Portuguese: espelta
• Spanish: espelta

References

• “spelta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spelta 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)
• spelta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.