factura

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

factūra, ae, f. [facio], a making, manufacture, formation, = ποίησις (post-Aug. and very rare).

I Prop.: in nostro orbe aliubi vena bonitatem hanc praestat, aliubi factura, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 145: corporis totius, Gell. 13, 29, 2; Vulg. Num. 8, 4.—

II Transf., pass. , a thing produced or created , a creature , work : anima factura dei est, Prud. Apoth. 792; so id. 856; Vulg. Eph. 2, 10.