althaea

See also: althæa and Althaea

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

althaea (plural althaeas)

1. Any plant of the genus Althaea.

French

Noun

althaea m (plural althaeas)

1. Alternative form of althæa

Further reading

• “althaea”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis”), from ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to heal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-, suffixed form of *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈtʰae̯.a/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ʰäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈte.a/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛːä]

Noun

althaea f (genitive althaeae); first declension

1. A wild mallow, marshmallow.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	althaea	althaeae
Genitive	althaeae	althaeārum
Dative	althaeae	althaeīs
Accusative	althaeam	althaeās
Ablative	althaeā	althaeīs
Vocative	althaea	althaeae

Descendants

• English: althea
• Italian: altea
• Portuguese: alteia
• Russian: алте́й m (altéj)
• Spanish: altea

References

• “althaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• althaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “althaea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “althaea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “althaea”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “althaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly