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 Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈɡiːl.la/, [ärˈɡiːlːʲä] or IPA^(key): /arˈɡil.la/, [ärˈɡɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/, [ärˈd͡ʒilːä]
• 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); first declension

1. white clay, potter's clay, argil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argī̆lla	argī̆llae
Genitive	argī̆llae	argī̆llārum
Dative	argī̆llae	argī̆llīs
Accusative	argī̆llam	argī̆llās
Ablative	argī̆llā	argī̆llīs
Vocative	argī̆lla	argī̆llae

Derived terms

• argī̆llōsus

Descendants

• Albanian: argjilë
• Catalan: argila
• English: argil
• French: argile
• Galician: arxila
• Italian: argilla
• Portuguese: argila
• Romanian: argilă
• 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