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Latin
Etymology
From figulus (“potter”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
figlīnus (feminine figlīna, neuter figlīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a potter
- Synonym: figulāris
116 BCE – 27 BCE,
Marcus Terentius Varro,
Agricultural Topics 3.9.3:
- , et quod exstat ulcus, oblinunt figlina creta.
- , and they apply potter's clay to the wound that remains.
c. 77 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
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.
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