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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[mix of wax and pitch]], to caulk ships, and for on writing tables (Cratin. 204); after H. also = <b class="b3">τρυφερή</b> (adj.; correct?); also name of a big see-animal (Ael., Opp.; after the weak or waxlike flesh?, Strömberg Fischnamen 32,), but the word has nothing to do with <b class="b3">μαλθακός</b>.<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">μάλθα</b> (Ar. Fr. 157) <b class="b3">μάλθης</b>, <b class="b3">-θῃ</b> (Hippon., S., D.); on the variation <b class="b3">-η</b> : <b class="b3">-α</b> Solmsen Wortforsch. 265)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The word has of course nothing to do with <b class="b3">μαλθακός</b> (s.v.). It is a technical loanword. The word must be Pre-Greek, as <b class="b3">μαλθ-</b> cannot be explined from IE (<b class="b2">*meldʰ-</b>). This also explains the nom. in <b class="b3">-α</b> (Beekes, Pre-Greek, 3, 1). Lat. LW [loanword] <b class="b2">malt(h)a</b> | ||
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