fā̆brīlis, e, adj. [faber],
of or belonging to an artificer (class.): scalprum, Liv. 27, 49, 1: opera ad fabrilia surgere, Verg. A. 8, 415: dextra, Ov. M. 4, 175: vincula, id. Am. 1, 9, 39: gluten, Cels. 8, 7; cf. glutinum, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 182: fumus gratiam affert vinis, id. 14, 1, 3, § 16; hence, uva, i. e. smoke-dried , Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3: opera, Sen. Ben. 6, 38: erratum, of the sculptor or artist , * Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—In the neutr. subst. : fabrīlĭa , ium, mechanical tools or implements : tractant fabrilia fabri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 116.—* Adv.: fā̆brīlĭter , skilfully , in a workmanlike manner : opifex fabriliter aptans Composuit, Prud. Apoth. 583.