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spelta
spelta
Latin
Etymology
From Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltō, *spiltaz (“spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelbʰ-, *(s)pelbʰ-t- (“spelt, spelt meal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈspɛɫ.ta]
Noun
spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension
- spelt (cereal)
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | spelta | speltae |
genitive | speltae | speltārum |
dative | speltae | speltīs |
accusative | speltam | speltās |
ablative | speltā | speltīs |
vocative | spelta | speltae |
References
- spelta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SPELTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spelta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.