fĭgūrātīvus, a, um, adj.,
I pertaining to the figurative mode of speaking , figurative (late Lat.), Cassiod. Varr. 8, 31. — Hence,
II Subst.: figurativa , ae, f., figurative mode of speaking , Myth. Vatic. Fab. 127 ap. Mai. Auct. Class. 1, 3, p. 46.