mattea

Latin

Alternative forms

• mattya

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ματτύα (mattúa), variant of ματτύη (mattúē).

Noun

mattea f (genitive matteae); first declension

1. A dainty dish, a delicacy

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mattea	matteae
genitive	matteae	matteārum
dative	matteae	matteīs
accusative	matteam	matteās
ablative	matteā	matteīs
vocative	mattea	matteae

Further reading

• “mattea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mattea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.