figlinum

Latin

Alternative forms

• figulīnum (uncontracted)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡliː.num/, [fɪˈɡlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡli.num/, [fiˈɡliːnum]

Adjective

figlīnum

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

Noun

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

1. 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