English → Latin
“clay” in Latin
argī̆llawhite clay, potter's clay, argillutumsoil, dirt, mire, mud; loam, clayfictilismade of clay, ceramic, pottery, earthenwarefiglīnusof or pertaining to a potter
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clay
argilla (generally): creta figularis or qua utuntur figuli (potter’s clay). Of day, fictilis (made of clay, earthen): figlinus (made by the potter).
Earth, lutum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clay?
- The usual Latin words for “clay” are argī̆lla, lutum, fictilis; also figlīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.