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Arretine, a.|ˈærɪtaɪn|
Also Aretine.
[ad. L. Ar(r)etinus, f. Ar(r)etium Arretium (see def.): see -ine1.]
Of or pertaining to Arretium (modern Arezzo), an ancient city of central Italy; spec. designating fine red pottery made at Arretium and elsewhere from c. 100 b.c. until the Flavian period; = terra sigillata.
1782J. Elphinston tr. Martial p. 426 (title) Aretine (or Aretian) Ware. 1858S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery II. 342 The two collections of Aretine vases at Arezzo. Ibid. 343 Patina of Aretine Ware. 1863W. Chaffers Marks on Pottery 12 The pattern round the top of the Aretine vases is evidently the ovolo, or egg and arrow decoration. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 496/2 Intrusions which may be called Emilian have also been noted..in the district where the Arno and the Tiber take their rise (Aretine dialects). 1954Proc. Prehist. Soc. XX. 8 The Arretine stamps found at Silchester include a number..which do not figure in the extensive series from Camulodunum. |