1. μάλθη · malthē — Beekes
μάλθη [f.) ‘mix of wax and pitch’, used to caulk ships, and on writing tablets (Cratin. 204); acc. to H. also = τρυφερή [adj.] ‘delicate, tender’; is this correct? Also name of a large aquatic animal (Ael, Opp.), perhaps after its tender or wax-like meat, Stromberg 1943: 32. 4PG(S)> eVAR Also GGG (Ar. Fr. 157), μάλθης, -θῃ (Hippon., 5., D.); on the variation -1) : -ἃ cf. Solmsen 1909: 265. eETYM This word probably … — [Beekes, s.v. μάλθη, p. 949]