affaber

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

af-făber (better adf-), bra, brum, adj.

I Made or prepared ingeniously or with art , ingenious : affabrum: fabrefactum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.—Hence, adv.: adfā̆brē , ingeniously , skilfully : adfabre atque antiquo artificio factus, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14; Prisc. 1009 P.—

II In act. sense, skilled in art , skilful , ingenious : litteras adfabra rerum vel natura vel industria peperit, Symm. Ep. 3, 17.