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
- 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
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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
- → Albanian: kaltër, kaltë, kaltën, kaltërt
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.