noun · masculinesecond declension
figulus1
figulus m (genitive figulī)
Classical[ˈfɪ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfiː.ɡu.lus]
Meaning
- masculinepotter
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī vāsa ex argillā facitfigulus -ī (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 21 and Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 25
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | figulus | figulī |
| genitive | figulī | figulōrum |
| dative | figulō | figulīs |
| accusative | figulum | figulōs |
| ablative | figulō | figulīs |
| vocative | figule | figulī |
fĭgŭlus, i, m. v. fingo,
I. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
figulus ī, m
FIG-, a potter , Iu.
Origins
From Archaic Latin ficolos, from Proto-Italic *figelos, itself from *dʰeyǵʰ- + *-elos. De Vaan, writing prior to the discovery of the inscription containing ficolos, suggests a possible derivation from Proto-Italic *fiɣlos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰiǵʰ-lo-s, from *dʰeyǵʰ-. This theory must now be abandoned on account of the new evidence. By surface analysis, fingō + -ulus.