ἄργελλα
οὐ παντός πλεῖν ἐς Κόρινθον → it's not for every man to make a journey to Corinth, not everyone can afford a trip to Corinth
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, 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; Swedish: ångbad, ångbastu; Turkish: hamam; Yiddish: שוויץ, שוויצבאָד; Yup'ik: maqivik
