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.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative maltha malthae
genitive malthae malthārum
dative malthae malthīs
accusative maltham malthās
ablative malthā malthīs
vocative maltha malthae

Derived terms

Descendants

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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