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English
Etymology
Latin fictilus, from fictus (from fingere (“to shape, form, devise”)) + -ilis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪktəl/, /ˈfɪktɪl/, /ˈfɪktaɪl/
Adjective
fictile (comparative more fictile, superlative most fictile)
- Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
- (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
- (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
- (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed
Synonyms
Translations
Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
Of or relating to earthenware
Latin
Adjective
fictile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of fictilis
References
- “fictile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fictile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin