figulum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →figulus, figuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
potter; maker of earthenware vessels;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...modicis fuit ac praecipue patre, quem quidam opificem figulum, plures Magi cuiusdam viatoris initio mercennarium, mox ob industriam..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tuetur, ut in lite Vrbiniana petitor dicit Clusinium Figulum filium Vrbiniae acie victa in qua steterat fugisse, iactatumque..."