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
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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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
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | caltha | calthae |
Genitive | calthae | calthārum |
Dative | calthae | calthīs |
Accusative | caltham | calthās |
Ablative | calthā | calthīs |
Vocative | caltha | calthae |
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: calce (uncertain but likely)
- Italian: calta
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: calta
- → French: caltha
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *calthinus
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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- la:Flowers
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