althaea

From the genus name.

althaea (plural althaeas)

1. Any plant of the genus Althaea.
2. Hibiscus syriacus; the mugunghwa, or rose of Sharon

althaea m (plural althaeas)

1. alternative form of althæa

• “althaea”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis”), from ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to heal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-, suffixed form of *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈtʰae̯.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̪ˈt̪ɛː.a]

althaea f (genitive althaeae); first declension

1. A wild mallow, marshmallow.

First-declension noun.

• English: althea
• Italian: altea
• Portuguese: alteia
• Russian: алте́й m (altéj)
• Spanish: altea

• “althaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• althaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “althaea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “althaea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “althaea”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “althaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly