matta

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

matta, ae, f.,

a mat made of rushes, Aug. contr. Faust. 5, 5; Schol. Juv. 5, 8; 6, 117 (also v. l. for lata, Ov. F. 6, 679).