figulus

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

fĭgŭlus, i, m. [v. fingo],

a potter , Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 159: Col. 11, 1, 9; Inscr. Orell. 4190: SIGILLATOR ( = sigillorum fictor), a seal-maker , ib. 4191: vas figuli, Vulg. Psa. 2, 9 al.— Poet. of the builders of the brick walls of Babylon: a figulis munita urbs, Juv. 10, 171.

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

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