adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
fictilis
fictilis (neuter fictile)
Classical[ˈfɪk.tɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfik.ti.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationmade of clay, ceramic, pottery, earthenware
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ē terrā coctā factusfictilis -e — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16
of clay, earthenware
fictilis -e — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fictilis | fictilis | fictile |
| genitive | fictilis | fictilis | fictilis |
| dative | fictilī | fictilī | fictilī |
| accusative | fictilem | fictilem | fictile |
| ablative | fictilī | fictilī | fictilī |
| vocative | fictilis | fictilis | fictile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fictilēs | fictilēs | fictilia |
| genitive | fictilium | fictilium | fictilium |
| dative | fictilibus | fictilibus | fictilibus |
| accusative | fictilīs fictilēs | fictilīs fictilēs | fictilia |
| ablative | fictilibus | fictilibus | fictilibus |
| vocative | fictilēs | fictilēs | fictilia |
fictĭlis, e, adj. fictus, from fingo,
I. made of clay, earthen, fictile.
I. Adj.:
si id in ceris fingeretur aut fictilibus figuris, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 71: Summanus, id. Div. 1, 10, 16: vasa, id. Att. 6, 1, 13: pocula, Tib. 1, 1, 39: dolia, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 158: olla rudis fictilis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 223.—Jestingly applied to labelled wine-bottles: ibi tu videas litteratas fictiles epistolas, Pice signatas, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 14.—II. Subst.: fic-tĭle, is, and more freq. in plur., fictĭlĭa, ĭum, n.
A. An earthen vessel:
balsamum novo fictili conditur, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116; 29, 6, 39, § 134: omnia fictilibus (ponuntur), Ov. M. 8, 670; Juv. 3, 168; 10, 26.—B. Earthen figures of deities:
antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum, Liv. 34, 4, 4; cf. Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34; 35, 12, 45, § 157.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fictilis e, adj.
FIG-, made of clay, earthen, fictile : figurae: vasa.—Subst n .: Omnia fictilibus (ponuntur), earthen vessels , O.: Fictilibus cenare, earthenware , Iu.: deorum, earthen figures , L.
Origins
From fict- (perfect passive participial stem of fingō (“to fashion, mold, form”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).