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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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|lshtext=<b>maltha</b>: ae, f., = [[μάλθα]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of [[thick]], fatty petroleum from [[Samosata]], fossil [[tar]], the [[flame]] of [[which]] could be extinguished [[only]] [[with]] [[earth]], Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[kind]] of [[varnish]] or [[cement]] made of slaked [[lime]] and [[hog]]'s [[fat]]: [[maltha]] e calce [[fit]] recenti; [[gleba]] vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[effeminate]] [[person]], Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.
|lshtext=<b>maltha</b>: ae, f., = [[μάλθα]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of [[thick]], fatty petroleum from [[Samosata]], fossil [[tar]], the [[flame]] of [[which]] could be extinguished [[only]] [[with]] [[earth]], Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[kind]] of [[varnish]] or [[cement]] made of slaked [[lime]] and [[hog]]'s [[fat]]: [[maltha]] e calce [[fit]] recenti; [[gleba]] vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.— *<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[effeminate]] [[person]], Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.
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|gf=<b>maltha</b>, æ, f. ([[μάλθα]]), malthe [sorte de bitume, de naphte, d’asphalte d’un [[lac]] de Samosate] : Plin. 2, 235 || enduit fait de chaux et de graisse de porc pour imperméabiliser : Plin. 36, 181 ; Pall. 1, 41 || [fig.] homme mou, efféminé : Lucil. Sat. 732.
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Revision as of 06:47, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

maltha: ae, f., = μάλθα,
I a kind of thick, fatty petroleum from Samosata, fossil tar, the flame of which could be extinguished only with earth, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—
   B Transf., a kind of varnish or cement made of slaked lime and hog's fat: maltha e calce fit recenti; gleba vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.— *
II Trop., an effeminate person, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

maltha, æ, f. (μάλθα), malthe [sorte de bitume, de naphte, d’asphalte d’un lac de Samosate] : Plin. 2, 235