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|lshtext=<b>făber</b>: bra, brum, adj. 1. [[faber]],<br /><b>I</b> [[workmanlike]], [[skilful]], [[ingenious]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): ars, Ov. M. 8, 159; id. F. 3, 383: [[levitas]] speculi, App. Mag. p. 282. —Sup.: [[signaculum]] faberrimum anuli aurei, App. Flor. p. 346.—Adv.: fā&#774;bre, in a [[workmanlike]] [[manner]], [[skilfully]], [[ingeniously]]: hoc [[factum]] est [[fabre]], Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Stich. 4, 1, 64: [[teres]] [[trabs]], Sil. 14, 320; Vulg. Exod. 35, 33: sigillatum [[vitrum]], App. M. 2, p. 123 (cf. [[fabrefacio]]).—Sup.: facta [[navis]], App. M. 11, p. 262 al.: aptare, Amm. 20, 11.<br /><b>făber</b>: bri (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[most]] freq. fabrum; cf.: jam ut censoriae tabulae loquuntur, fabrum et procum [[audeo]] dicere, non fabrorum et procorum, Cic. Or. 46, 156: fabrum, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, C, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Plin. 34, 1, 1, § 1 al.: fabrorum, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147; Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182 al.), m. Sanscr. [[root]] bha-, [[gleam]], [[shine]]; Gr. [[φημί]], [[say]], [[φαίνω]], [[show]]; cf. for, a [[worker]] in [[wood]], [[stone]], [[metal]], etc., a [[forger]], [[smith]], [[artificer]], [[carpenter]], [[joiner]] (syn.: [[artifex]], [[opifex]], [[operarius]]), [[τέκτων]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With adj. of [[material]], etc., specifying the [[trade]]: [[tamen]] ego me Phidiam esse mallem, [[quam]] vel optimum fabrum tignarium, [[carpenter]], Cic. Brut. 73, 257; so, [[tignarius]], id. Rep. 2, 22; Inscr. Orell. 4087; cf.: fabros tignarios dicimus non eos [[duntaxat]], qui tigna dolant, sed omnes, qui aedificant, Dig. 50, 16, 235: ut fortunati sunt fabri ferrarii, Qui [[apud]] carbones assident! blacksmiths, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 47: fabrum aerariorum conlegium, [[copper]]-smiths, braziers, Plin. 34, 1, 1, § 1; cf.: marmoris aut eboris fabros aut aeris amavit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 96: ‡ [[eburarius]], Inscr. ap. Spon. Misc. p. 222: ‡ [[intestinarius]], one [[who]] does the [[fine]] [[carved]] [[work]] in [[wood]] for the [[interior]] of a [[building]], a [[joiner]], Inscr. Orell. 4182: ‡ a Corinthiis, ib. 4181: ‡ [[oculariarius]], one [[who]] made [[silver]] eyes for statues, ib. 4185.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen.: ut arcessatur [[faber]], ut istas compedis [[tibi]] adimam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 29: [[cogito]], [[utrum]] me dicam medicum ducere an fabrum, id. Men. 5, 3, 11: hominem pro fabro aut pro tectore [[emere]], Cic. Planc. 25, 62: fabri ad aedificandam rem publicam, [[work]]-[[people]], workmen, laborers, id. Fam. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48: ex legionibus fabros delegit, the workmen belonging to the [[army]], Caes. B. G. 5, 11, 3; whose [[overseer]] [[was]] called [[praefectus]] fabrūm, id. B. C. 1, 24, 4: His fabris crescunt patrimonia, i. e. these smiths [[know]] [[how]] to [[add]] to [[their]] patrimonies, Juv. 14, 116: [[faber]] [[volans]], i. e. [[Icarus]], id. 1, 54.— Prov.: [[faber]] est [[quisque]] fortunae suae, [[every]] [[man]] is the [[maker]] of his [[own]] [[fortune]], [[Appius]] ap. Sall. de Republ. Ordin. 1.<br /><b>făber</b>: bri, m.,<br /><b>I</b> the dory, a sunfish (Zaeus [[faber]], Linn.), Plin. 9, 18, 32, § 86; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Col. 8, 16, 9; Ov. Hal. 110.
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|gf=(1) <b>făber</b>,¹⁶ bra, brum, fait avec art, ingénieux : Ov. M. 8, 159 || faberrimus Apul. Flor. 9.<br />(2) <b>făber</b>,¹⁰ brī, m. [gén. pl. ordin. fabrum Cic. Or. 156 ],<br /><b>1</b> ouvrier, artisan : [[faber]] [[tignarius]] Cic. Br. 157, charpentier ; præfectus fabrum [[meus]] Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4, chef de mes ouvriers [attachés à l’armée] ; [[faber]] ærarius Plin. 34, 1, fondeur en bronze, ciseleur || [fig.] artisan, ouvrier : Cic. Fam. 2, 5<br /><b>2</b> dorée [sorte de poisson de mer] : Plin. 9, 68.
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