fabrica
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fā̆brĭca: ae, f. 1. faber,
I the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials (syn.: taberna, officina).
I Prop., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 45; 4, 6, 4: Vulcanus, qui Lemni fabricae traditur praefuisse, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55: armorum, armory, Veg. Mil. 2, 11 (for which: armorum officinae, Caes. B. C. 1, 34 fin.).—
II Transf., the art, trade, or profession of such an artisan, Vitr. 1, 1: pictura et fabrica ceteraeque artes habent quendam absoluti operis effectum, architecture, Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; cf. id. Div. 1, 51, 161; and: natura effectum esse mundum: nihil opus fuisse fabrica, id. ib. 1, 20, 53: omnis fabrica aeris et ferri, id. N. D. 2, 60, 150: aeraria, ferrea, materiaria, the art of working in brass, etc., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197 sq.; cf.: aerariae artis, Just. 36, 4, 4; and: ejus fabricae, quam Graeci χαλκευτικὴν vocant, Quint. 2, 21, 10.—In apposition with ars: abies Graeco fabricae artis genere spectabilis, Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225: servus arte fabrica peritus, Dig. 33, 7, 19 fin.: fanum solerti fabrica structum, with artistic skill, App. M. 6, p. 174, 25.—
2 In gen., any skilful production, a fabric, building, etc.: admirabilis membrorum animantium, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; cf. id. Off. 1, 35, 127; Pall. 1, 7, 4; 1, 9, 2 al.—Of man as the creature of God, Prud. Hymn. de Rad. Dom. 45. —
b In the comic writers, a crafty device, trick, stratagem: ei nos facetis fabricis et doctis dolis Glaucumam ob oculos obiciemus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Cist. 2, 2, 5: nescio quam fabricam facit, id. Ep. 5, 2, 25; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 132: ad senem fingere, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 34 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
făbrĭca,¹³ æ, f. (faber),
1 métier d’artisan, art : æraria, materiaria Plin. 7, 197, l’art de travailler le bronze, le bois, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 150 ; [en part.] architecture : Cic. Nat. 2, 35
2 action de travailler artistement, de façonner, de confectionner, de fabriquer : Cic. Nat. 2, 121 ; Off. 1, 137
3 [fig.] œuvre d’art, machination, ruse, fourberie : Pl. Bacch. 366 ; Epid. 690 ; Ter. Haut. 545
4 atelier, fabrique : Ter. Ad. 584
