mataxa

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

Noun

mataxa f (genitive mataxae); first declension

  1. raw silk
  2. 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

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.
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