psalta

Latin

Noun

psalta m (genitive psaltae); first declension

1. (hapax) Alternative form of psaltēs (“psalmist”)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate 2 Samuel 23:1:

     David filius Isai dixit […] egregius psalta Israhel

     David the son of Isai […] the excellent psalmist of Israel said:

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	psalta	psaltae
genitive	psaltae	psaltārum
dative	psaltae	psaltīs
accusative	psaltam	psaltās
ablative	psaltā	psaltīs
vocative	psalta	psaltae

References

• psalta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)