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

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

Descendants
  • → English: maltha
  • → French: malthe
  • → Italian: 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
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