argilla

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Etymology

From Latin argilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gìl‧la

Noun

argilla f (plural argille)

  1. clay
    Synonym: creta

Derived terms

Further reading

  • argilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, white clay, potter's earth), from ἀργός (argós, white).

Pronunciation

Noun

argī̆lla f (genitive argī̆llae); first declension

  1. white clay, potter's clay, argil

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative argī̆lla argī̆llae
genitive argī̆llae argī̆llārum
dative argī̆llae argī̆llīs
accusative argī̆llam argī̆llās
ablative argī̆llā argī̆llīs
vocative argī̆lla argī̆llae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • argilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • argilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • argilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • argilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. ^ argila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10