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maltha
maltha, ae, f., = μάλθα, I a kind of thick, fatty petroleum from Samosata, fossil tar , the flame ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Maltha
·noun <<Mortar>>. II. Maltha ·noun A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous...

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