terra sigillata
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈleɪtə/, /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈlɑːtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒəˈleɪtə/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə, -ɑːtə
Noun
[edit]terra sigillata (uncountable)
- A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:
- Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos.
- (archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
- Hyponym: Samian ware
- (pottery) A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water.
- 2024, Sumi von Dassow, “Terra Sigillata 101: How to Make, Apply, and Troubleshoot Terra Sig”, in Ceramic Arts Network Daily[1], retrieved 23 August 2024:
- Terra sigillata, or ‘terra sig’ for short, is made by mixing a suitable clay with water and a deflocculant and leaving it to stand until the heavier particles of clay settle out.
References
[edit]Medicinal clay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Noun
[edit]terra sigillata f (plural terre sigillate)
- (usually uncountable, archaeology) terra sigillata (type of fine, red Roman pottery)
- Synonym: ceramica sigillata
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