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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225

Latin > English

figulus figuli N M :: potter; maker of earthenware vessels

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fĭgŭlus: i, m. v. fingo,
I a potter, Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 159: Col. 11, 1, 9; Inscr. Orell. 4190: SIGILLATOR ( = sigillorum fictor), a seal-maker, ib. 4191: vas figuli, Vulg. Psa. 2, 9 al.— Poet. of the builders of the brick walls of Babylon: a figulis munita urbs, Juv. 10, 171.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) fĭgŭlus,¹⁴ ī, m. (fingo), celui qui travaille l’argile, potier : Varro R. 3, 15, 2 ; Plin. 35, 159 || tuilier, briquetier : Juv. 10, 171.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) figulus1, ī, m. (fingo), der Arbeiter (Künstler od. Handwerker) in Ton (in Terrakotta), der Tonarbeiter, Tonkünstler, der Töpfer, Varro r. r. 3, 5, 12. Col. 11, 1, 9. Plin. 35, 151. Iustin. 22, 1, 2. Iuven. 4, 134: rota figuli, Töpferscheibe, Sen. ep. 90, 31. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 4, 66: rota, quā figuli utuntur, Vitr. 9, 1, 15: vas figuli, Töpfergeschirr, Vulg. psalm. 2, 9: figuli fornax, Augustin. serm. 276, 3: collegium figulorum, Plin. 35, 159: inter figulos, in der Töpferstraße, Varro LL. 5, 154.