Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

abitazione

English translation:

house

Added to glossary by simon tanner
Jan 9, 2011 17:38
13 yrs ago
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Italian term

abitazione

Italian to English Other Archaeology Greek necropolis
in describing a Roman or Greek settlement (abitato) is dwelling the term commonly used in archaeological contexts?
this is the paragraph:

Pochissime tracce abbiamo dell’abitato di epoca tardo ellenistica e imperiale [...]
L’unico documento riferibile ad una abitazione di un certo tono
Change log

Jan 16, 2011 09:38: simon tanner Created KOG entry

Discussion

R.C. (X) Jan 9, 2011:
I like dwelling as a very general word, but perhaps HOUSING gives the sense of the different historical age?

Proposed translations

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house

hate to be prosaic, but no reason not to go for the obvious answer here ;-)
Note from asker:
I agree but as I said in my comment what I wanted to check was if there was a more archeological term for house. obviously not! thanks.
Peer comment(s):

agree Science451
20 mins
thanks
agree Ernestine Shargool : Yes... as in the names of the 'houses' in Pompeii ('House of the Gladiators' - recently collapsed, sadly - etc.).
28 mins
thanks Ernestine
agree Linda Thody : *house* is commonly used in archaeology; a group of houses is usually referred to as a settlement.
15 hrs
thanks Linda
agree Shera Lyn Parpia
22 hrs
thanks Shera Lyn
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settlement

very very frequent
Note from asker:
exactly. I have used settlement for abitato.
Peer comment(s):

neutral simon tanner : settlement would be abitato, not abitazione
18 mins
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1 hr

dwelling

a perfectly suitable synonym of house, as you have already mentioned
Peer comment(s):

agree Sonia Hill
2 hrs
agree Shera Lyn Parpia
22 hrs
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