argilla

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin argilla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒil.la/ Rhymes: -illa Hyphenation: ar‧gìl‧la === Noun === argilla f (plural argille) 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], [arˈɡɪl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈd͡ʒil.la] 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 white clay, potter's clay, argil ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== argī̆llōsus ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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