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mataxa

mataxa

Latin

Alternative forms

metaxa

Noun

mataxa f ‎(genitive mataxae); first declension

raw silk
thick string or thread

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mataxa	mataxae
genitive	mataxae	mataxārum
dative	mataxae	mataxīs
accusative	mataxam	mataxās
ablative	mataxā	mataxīs
vocative	mataxa	mataxae

Descendants

Albanian: mëndafsh
Aromanian: mãtasi, mãtase
Dalmatian: matuos
French: matasse

Italian: matassa
Portuguese: matassa, madeixa
Romanian: mătase
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, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mataxa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.