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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

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.