argilla
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Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
argilla f (plural argille)
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈɡiːl.la/, or IPA(key): /arˈɡil.la/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/,
- Unclear vowel length; a long vowel is implied by a number of the Romance descendants (contrast with the outcomes of capillus). The Greek etymon has a variable form, with one attested alternative being ἄργῑλος (árgīlos).
Noun
argī̆lla f (genitive argī̆llae); first declension
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
- ^ “argila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28