Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#ARGILLACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ARGILLA argilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#ARGILLACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARGILLA
• Rhymes: -illaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/illa#ARGILLACategory:Rhymes:Italian/illa/3 syllables#ARGILLA
• Hyphenation: ar‧gìl‧la

Noun

argilla f (plural argille)Category:Italian lemmas#ARGILLACategory:Italian nouns#ARGILLACategory:Italian countable nouns#ARGILLACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ARGILLACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ARGILLACategory:Pages with entries#ARGILLACategory:Pages with 2 entries#ARGILLA

1. clay

   Synonym: creta

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ARGILLACategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ARGILLA ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈɡiːl.la], [arˈɡɪl.la]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#ARGILLACategory:Latin 3-syllable words#ARGILLACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ARGILLA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈd͡ʒil.la]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#ARGILLACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ARGILLA
• 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)Category:Latin lemmas#ARGILLACategory:Latin nouns#ARGILLACategory:Latin first declension nouns#ARGILLACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#ARGILLACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ARGILLACategory:Latin feminine nouns#ARGILLACategory:Pages with entries#ARGILLACategory:Pages with 2 entries#ARGILLA; first declension

1. white clay, potter's clay, argil

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, 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