figlinum

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Latin

Alternative forms

figulīnum (uncontracted)

Etymology

Neuter form of figlīnus (“of or belonging to the potter”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡliː.num/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡli.num/,

Adjective

figlīnum

inflection of figlīnus:
1. accusative masculine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Noun

figlīnum n (genitive figlīnī); second declension (nominalized)

earthen vessel, crock
- c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 5.10.3:
  ; sin autem contignationes fuerint, figlinum opus subiciatur.
  ; but if they are built with beams, a layer of claywork should be added.
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.46:
  si figlinum umidum ruptumve reperiatur, non dubie promittunt aquas.
  if a moist or broken clay pot is found, they undoubtedly promise water.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	figlīnum	figlīna
genitive	figlīnī	figlīnōrum
dative	figlīnō	figlīnīs
accusative	figlīnum	figlīna
ablative	figlīnō	figlīnīs
vocative	figlīnum	figlīna

Related terms

figlīna (substantive)

References

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

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