caltha

See also: Caltha

English

Etymology

From the genus name (Latin caltha).

Noun

caltha (plural calthas)

  1. (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

  1. 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:
  • → 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
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