maltha

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

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.

• Altham, Latham

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

maltha f (genitive malthae); first declension

1. A kind of varnish or cement; maltha.

First-declension noun.

• malthō

malthā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of malthō

• “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), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 121
• Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN