Italian

Noun

argilla f ‎(plural argille)

1. clay

Synonyms

• creta

Derived terms

• argillaceo
• argilloso

Latin

Etymology

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.

Derived terms

• argillōsus

Descendants

• English: argil
• French: argile
• Italian: argilla
• Portuguese: argila
• Spanish: arcilla, argila^[1]

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “argilla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• argilla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ DRAE: argila