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English
Etymology
From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Noun
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
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Noun
maltha f (genitive malthae); first declension
- A kind of varnish or cement; maltha.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
malthā
- 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 (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 121
- Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN