ἄργελλα
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
English (LSJ)
ἡ, vapour bath (Maced.), Suid.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ maced. baño de vapor Sud.; cf. ἄργιλλα.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.?
Meaning: οἴκημα Μακεδονικόν, ὅπερ θερμαίνοντες λούονται Suid.
Other forms: ἄργιλλα, ἄργιλα f. subterranean house (Magna Graecia, Strabo V 244 = Ephor. (fr. 45), cf. Eust. ad D.P. 1166).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: To ἄργιλλος white clay? See Kalléris, Anc. Mac. 1, 104. From it Alb. ragáĺ ́cottage, Jokl IF 44, 13ff. Also Pagliaro, Ric. lingu. 1 (1950) 145f.; Hubschmid, Thes. Praerom. 1, 81. The interchange ε/ι and λ/λλ clearly points to a substr. word.
Frisk Etymology German
ἄργελλα: {árgella}
Forms: woneben ἄργιλλα, ἄργιλα f. unterirdische Wohnung (Magna Graecia, Ephor. u. a.).
Meaning: οἴκημα Μακεδονικόν, ὅπερ θερμαίνοντες λούονται Suid.,
Etymology: Daraus alb. ragál ́ Hütte nach Jokl IF 44, 13ff. Sonst unerklärt. Beziehung zu ἄργιλλος weißer Ton scheint fraglich.
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Translations
steam bath
Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽浴, 蒸汽室; Finnish: höyrysauna; French: hammam, bain de vapeur; Greek: ατμόλουτρο; Ancient Greek: ἄργελλα, ἀφιδρωτήριον, ἱδρωτήριον, καπνιστήριον, πυρία, πυριατήριον, πυρίη, πυριητήριον; Hungarian: gőzfürdő; Icelandic: gufubað, eimbað; Latin: sudatorium; Polish: łaźnia parowa; Portuguese: banho de vapor, banho a vapor, banho turco; Russian: баня, паровая баня; Spanish: baño de vapor, baño turco, sauna; Swedish: ångbad, ångbastu; Turkish: hamam; Yiddish: שוויץ, שוויצבאָד; Yup'ik: maqivik
