mattea

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ματτύα (mattúa), variant of ματτύη (mattúē).

Noun

mattea f (genitive matteae); first declension

  1. A dainty dish, a delicacy

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mattea matteae
genitive matteae matteārum
dative matteae matteīs
accusative matteam matteās
ablative matteā matteīs
vocative mattea matteae

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.