fĭgūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [figuro] (post-Aug.).
I A forming , fashioning; shape , form , figure : nervi hic teretes, illic lati, ut in uno quoque poscit figuratio, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: zona duodecim signis conformata exprimit depictam a natura figurationem, Vitr. 9, 4: Apollinis, Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1.—
II Trop.
A Imagination , fancy : si spei figuratione tardius cadit, Quint. Decl. 12, 27; vanae, id. ib. 6, 4.—
B Form of a word: (diurnare) ex ea figuratione est, qua dicimus perennare, Gell. 17, 2, 16.—
C Figurative mode of speaking : quisquam illorum his figurationibus uteretur, quae Graeci schemata vocant? Fronto , Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2; Lact. 1, 11, 24; 30.