LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mattea

mattea f (genitive matteae)

Meaning

  1. feminineA dainty dish, a delicacy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativematteamatteae
genitivematteaematteārum
dativematteaematteīs
accusativematteammatteās
ablativematteāmatteīs
vocativematteamatteae

mattĕa (mattўa, mactĕa), ae, f., = ματτύα (v. Varr. L. L. 5, 22, § 112 Müll.),
I. a dainty dish, dainty, delicacy, Suet. Calig. 38; Sen. Contr. 4, 27; Petr. 65: to mattea sola juvat (al. juvant, assuming a collat. form, mattĕum, i, n.), Mart. 10, 59, 4: inter quadrupedes mattea prima lepus, id. 13, 92, 2.

Origins

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

In English words that came into English from mattea

  • machetemattea

Quick answers

What does mattea mean in Latin?
mattea, a noun, means “A dainty dish, a delicacy”.
What is the genitive of mattea?
The genitive singular is matteae. mattea is feminine, first declension.