fusilis

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

fūsĭlis, e, adj. [fundo],

I molten , fluid , liquid (very rare): aurum, Ov. M. 11, 126: ferventes fusili ex argilla glandes fundis jacere coeperunt, i. e. of softened clay , Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 1 (ἐξ ἀργίλλης τετηγμένης, Metaphr.): numen (i. e. signum), Prud. Cath. 4, 40; cf.: vasa aenea, Mart. Cap. 8, 193.—

II Of molten metal , cast , Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 2: ex aere, id. 3 Reg. 7, 16.

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