blattea

Latin

Alternative forms
  • blatea, blattia

Etymology

According to Pokorny, the word comes from Illyrian and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Compare Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale)[1].

Noun

blattea f (genitive blatteae); first declension

  1. muck, splatter
  2. clot of blood

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative blattea blatteae
Genitive blatteae blatteārum
Dative blatteae blatteīs
Accusative blatteam blatteās
Ablative blatteā blatteīs
Vocative blattea blatteae

References
  • blattea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 118-119
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