figuratio
ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα. Καὶ ἔτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι (1 Corinthians 12:31) → But go ahead and strive for the greater gifts. And I'm about to show you a still more excellent way.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fĭgūrātĭo: ōnis, f. figuro (post-Aug.).
I A forming, fashioning; shape, form, figure: nervi hic teretes, illic lati, ut in uno quoque poscit figuratio, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: zona duodecim signis conformata exprimit depictam a natura figurationem, Vitr. 9, 4: Apollinis, App. Dogm. Plat. 1.—
II Trop.
A Imagination, fancy: si spei figuratione tardius cadit, Quint. Decl. 12, 27; vanae, id. ib. 6, 4.—
B Form of a word: (diurnare) ex ea figuratione est, qua dicimus perennare, Gell. 17, 2, 16.—
C Figurative mode of speaking: quisquam illorum his figurationibus uteretur, quae Graeci schemata vocant? Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2; Lact. 1, 11, 24; 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fĭgūrātĭō, ōnis, f. (figuro), configuration, figure, forme : Plin. 11, 217 || [fig.] imagination : Ps. Quint. Decl. 12, 27 || figure [rhét.] : Lact. Inst. 1, 11, 24 || forme [d’un mot] : Gell. 17, 2, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
figūrātio, ōnis, f. (figuro), die Bildung, Gestaltung, äußere Gestalt, das Äußere, I) eig.: 1) im allg., Vitr. 3, 3 (2), 6; 6, 1, 6; 9, 1, 13. Plin. 11, 217: fig. sphaerae, Hyg. poët. astr. praef. p. 344 M.: summa fig. eius (corporis), Vitr. 3, 1, 4: humani corporis, Augustin. de mor. eccl. cath. 1, 10, 17 extr.: quaedam Apollinis fig. (durch Verwandlung), Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 1: naturalis fig., die von der Natur vollzogene Gestaltung (Zusammensetzung), Vitr. 8. pr. § 1. – Plur., eorum (siderum) figurationes, Vitr. 9, 5, 4: gignentium omnium ad instar cerae formas et figurationes ex illa impressione signari, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 6. – 2) insbes.: a) die gramm. Bildung, nominum, Arnob. 4, 2. – dah. meton. = die Wortform, Gell. 17, 2, 16. – b) bie bildliche Darstellung, fig. obliqua, Lact. 1, 11, 30: Plur., obliquae figurationes, Lact. 1, 11, 24. – meton. = σχημα, das Bild, his figurationibus uti, quae Graeci schemata vocant, Fronto ep. ad Anton. imp. 1, 2. p. 98, 2 N. – II) übtr., die Einbildung, Vorstellung, spei, Ps. Quint. decl. 12, 27: Plur., Arnob. 4, 5. p. 145, 13 R.: o vanae figurationes! Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 4.
