terra sigillataとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈleɪtə/, /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈlɑːtə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒəˈleɪtə/
• 韻: -eɪtə, -ɑːtə

名詞

terra sigillata (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.

   Hyponyms: Samian ware

参照

• Medicinal clay on Wikipedia.