argilla
Dictionary entries
- Entry →argilla, argillae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
white clay, potter's earth/clay; clay;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ferendis. difficiles primum terrae collesque maligni, tenuis ubi argilla et dumosis calculus aruis, Palladia gaudent silua uiuacis oliuae..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...oppugnationis die maximo coorto vento ferventes fusili ex argilla glandes fundis et fervefacta iacula in casas, quae more..."