Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Scripts Ἀμάλθεια(Ancient Greek)
Meaning
From the Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθάσσω (malthasso) meaning “to soften, to soothe”. In Greek myth she was a nymph (in some sources a goat) who nursed the infant Zeus.