figlina
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- figulīna (uncontracted)
Etymology[edit]
Feminine form of figlīnus (“of or belonging to the potter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- figlīna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fiˈɡliː.na/, [fɪˈɡlʲiːnä]
- figlīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈɡli.na/, [fiˈɡliːnä]
- figlīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fiˈɡliː.naː/, [fɪˈɡlʲiːnäː]
- figlīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈɡli.na/, [fiˈɡliːnä]
Adjective[edit]
figlīna
- inflection of figlīnus:
figlīnā
Noun[edit]
figlīna f (genitive figlīnae); first declension (nominalized)
- (pottery) art or trade of a potter
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 1.2.24:
- Tu, inquit, invides tanto scriptori et obstrigillandi causa figlinas reprehendis
- You, on the other hand, envy such a great writer and criticize the pottery for the sake of finding fault
- Tu, inquit, invides tanto scriptori et obstrigillandi causa figlinas reprehendis
- (pottery) potter's workshop, pottery
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.82:
- Pithecusa, […] a figlinis doliorum.
- Pithecusa, […] named after the pottery of dolia jars.
- Pithecusa, […] a figlinis doliorum.
Inflection[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | figlīna | figlīnae |
Genitive | figlīnae | figlīnārum |
Dative | figlīnae | figlīnīs |
Accusative | figlīnam | figlīnās |
Ablative | figlīnā | figlīnīs |
Vocative | figlīna | figlīnae |
Related terms[edit]
- figlīnum (substantive)
Noun[edit]
figlīna n
References[edit]
- “figlinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press