mataxa
Latin
Alternative forms
- metaxa
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).
Noun
mataxa f (genitive mataxae); first declension
- raw silk
- thick string or thread
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mataxa | mataxae |
| Genitive | mataxae | mataxārum |
| Dative | mataxae | mataxīs |
| Accusative | mataxam | mataxās |
| Ablative | mataxā | mataxīs |
| Vocative | mataxa | mataxae |
Descendants
- → Albanian: mëndafsh
- Aragonese: madaxa
- Aromanian: mãtasi, mãtase
- → Basque: mataza
- Catalan: madeixa
- Dalmatian: matuos
- French: matasse
- Galician: madeixa
- Italian: matassa
- Portuguese: matassa, madeixa
- Romanian: mătase
- Old Spanish: madexa
- Spanish: madeja
References
- “mataxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mataxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mataxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette