maltha
From LSJ
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
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
