terra sigillata
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪtə, -ɑːtə
Noun
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
References
- Medicinal clay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Noun
terra sigillata f (plural terre sigillate)
- (usually uncountable, archaeology) terra sigillata (type of fine, red Roman pottery)
- Synonym: ceramica sigillata
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