argilla

Italian

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

• argillaceo
• argilloso

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) IPA^(key): /arˈɡil.la/, [ärˈɡɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/, [ärˈd͡ʒilːä]

Noun

argilla f (genitive argillae); first declension

1. white clay, potter's clay, argil

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

• argillōsus

Descendants

• Albanian: argjilë
• Catalan: argila
• English: argil
• French: argile
• Galician: arxila
• Italian: argilla
• Portuguese: argila
• Spanish: arcilla, argila

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