caltha

See also: Caltha

English

Etymology

From the genus name (Latin caltha).

Noun

caltha (plural calthas)

(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.

Anagrams

Cathal

Latin

Alternative forms

calthum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos), καλθε (kalthe, “yellow flower”), later “goblet” (because of its shape), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”).

Noun

caltha f (genitive calthae); first declension

marigold

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	caltha	calthae
genitive	calthae	calthārum
dative	calthae	calthīs
accusative	caltham	calthās
ablative	calthā	calthīs
vocative	caltha	calthae

Descendants

Albanian: kaltër
French: caltha
Italian: calta
Romanian: calce
Spanish: calta
Translingual: Caltha

References

caltha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
caltha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
caltha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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