terra sigillata
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈleɪtə/, /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈlɑːtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒəˈleɪtə/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə, -ɑːtə
Noun edit
terra sigillata (uncountable)
- A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:
- Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos.
- (archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
- Hyponym: Samian ware
References edit
- Medicinal clay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
Noun edit
terra sigillata f (plural terre sigillate)
- (usually uncountable, archaeology) terra sigillata (type of fine, red Roman pottery)
- Synonym: ceramica sigillata