ἄργελλα
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς → ye shall know them by their fruits, by their fruits ye shall know them, by their fruits you shall know them, you will know them by their fruit
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
