figlina

Latin

Alternative forms

• figulīna (uncontracted)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

figlīna

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

figlīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of figlīnus

Noun

figlīna f (genitive figlīnae); first declension (nominalized)

1. (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

2. (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.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	figlīna	figlīnae
genitive	figlīnae	figlīnārum
dative	figlīnae	figlīnīs
accusative	figlīnam	figlīnās
ablative	figlīnā	figlīnīs
vocative	figlīna	figlīnae

Related terms

• figlīnum (substantive)

Noun

figlīna n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of figlīnum

References

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