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
- Cathal
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
- marigold
Inflection
First declension.
| 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
- → 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