ἄργιλλος
Ὡς πάντα τιμῆς ἐστι πλὴν τρόπου κακοῦ → Ut cuncta nunc sunt cara, nisi mores mali → Charakterlosigkeit allein bleibt ohne Ehr
English (LSJ)
or ἄργῑλος (so
A Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1893.31 (Acarn.)), ἡ, (ἀργός A) white clay, potter's earth, Arist.Pr.890a26, Thphr.CP3.20.3, Opp.H. 4.658.
German (Pape)
[Seite 345] od. besser ἄργιλος, ὁ, weißer Thon (also von ἀργός), Töpfererde, argilla, Theophr.; Opp. H. 4, 656.
French (Bailly abrégé)
c. ἄργιλος.
Greek Monotonic
ἄργιλλος: ή ἄργῑλος, ἡ (ἀργός), λευκό χρώμα, το χρώμα που χρησιμοποιούν οι αγγειοπλάστες, σε Αριστ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: white clay (Arist.)
Other forms: ἄργιλλα f. ds. (Gal.).
Dialectal forms: ἄργιλος inscr. Acarnan.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Generally derived from 1. ἀργός, but the suffix (Chantr. Form. 249, Schwyzer 483) could be non-IE (cf. on ἄμιλλα); note λ\/λλ and -ος\/-α. Given the meaning, a substr. word is quite possible; connection with ἀργός is semantically (brilliant white) not evident. Lat. argilla is a loan from Greek.
