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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ματτύα (mattúa), variant of ματτύη (mattúē).
Noun
mattea f (genitive matteae); first declension
- A dainty dish, a delicacy
Declension
First-declension noun.
Further reading
- “mattea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mattea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.