figlinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• figulīnus (uncontracted)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin figulus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin figlīnus

From figulus (“potter”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɪˈɡliː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fiˈɡliː.nus]

Adjective

figlīnus (feminine figlīna, neuter figlīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a potter

   Synonym: figulāris

   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 3.9.3:

      […], et quod exstat ulcus, oblinunt figlina creta.

      […], and they apply potter's clay to the wound that remains.

   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 35.66:

     fecit et figlina opera, quae sola in Ambracia relicta sunt, cum inde Musas Fulvius Nobilior Romam transferret.

     Musas Fulvius Nobilior brought to Rome the pottery works that were the only ones left in Ambracia.

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	figlīnus	figlīna	figlīnum		figlīnī	figlīnae	figlīna
genitive	figlīnī	figlīnae	figlīnī		figlīnōrum	figlīnārum	figlīnōrum
dative	figlīnō	figlīnae	figlīnō		figlīnīs
accusative	figlīnum	figlīnam	figlīnum		figlīnōs	figlīnās	figlīna
ablative	figlīnō	figlīnā	figlīnō		figlīnīs
vocative	figlīne	figlīna	figlīnum		figlīnī	figlīnae	figlīna

Derived terms

• figlīna (substantive)
• figlīnum (substantive)

Related terms

• fingō (“to form, mould”)
• figulāris

References

• “figlinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press