argilla

Italian

Noun

argilla f (plural argille)

  1. clay

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈɡil.la/, [arˈɡɪl.la]

Noun

argilla f (genitive argillae); first declension

  1. white clay, potter's clay, argil

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative argilla argillae
Genitive argillae argillārum
Dative argillae argillīs
Accusative argillam argillās
Ablative argillā argillīs
Vocative argilla argillae

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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, 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. DRAE: argila
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