Translingual

Caltha palustris

Proper noun

Caltha f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the marsh marigolds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae  subfamily; Caltheae  tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Caltha palustris - type species; Caltha leptosepala, Caltha natans, Caltha scaposa, Caltha sibirica, Caltha sinogracilis - other species

Derived terms

• Caltha alba
• Caltha arctica
• Caltha caespitosa
• Caltha fistulosa
• Caltha gorovoii
• Caltha membranacea
• Caltha silvestris

Latin

Alternative forms

• calthum

Noun

caltha f ‎(genitive calthae); first declension

1. marigold

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: kaltër
• French: caltha
• Italian: calta
• Romanian: calce
• Spanish: calta
• Translingual: Caltha

References

• caltha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caltha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caltha”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.