argillaceus

Latin

Etymology

From argilla (“potter's clay”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡilˈlaː.ke.us/, [ärɡɪlˈlʲäːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒilˈla.t͡ʃe.us/, [ärd͡ʒilˈläːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

argillāceus (feminine argillācea, neuter argillāceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of clay, argillaceous, clayey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	argillāceus	argillācea	argillāceum		argillāceī	argillāceae	argillācea
Genitive	argillāceī	argillāceae	argillāceī		argillāceōrum	argillāceārum	argillāceōrum
Dative	argillāceō		argillāceō		argillāceīs
Accusative	argillāceum	argillāceam	argillāceum		argillāceōs	argillāceās	argillācea
Ablative	argillāceō	argillāceā	argillāceō		argillāceīs
Vocative	argillācee	argillācea	argillāceum		argillāceī	argillāceae	argillācea

References

• “argillaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• argillaceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.