Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄργιλλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄργιλλος ἄργιλλη ἄργιλλον

Structure: ἀργιλλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rgo/s

Sense

  1. white clay, potter's earth

Examples

  • Ἔφοροσ δὲ τοῖσ Κιμμερίοισ προσοικειῶν τὸν τόπον φησὶν αὐτοὺσ ἐν καταγείοισ οἰκίαισ οἰκεῖν ἃσ καλοῦσιν ἀργίλλασ, καὶ διά τινων ὀρυγμάτων παρ’ ἀλλήλουσ τε φοιτᾶν καὶ τοὺσ ξένουσ εἰσ τὸ μαντεῖον δέχεσθαι πολὺ ὑπὸ γῆσ ἱδρυμένον· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 10:16)

Synonyms

  1. white clay

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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