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|lshtext=<b>fictĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[fictus]], from [[fingo]],<br /><b>I</b> made of [[clay]], [[earthen]], fictile.<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: si id in ceris fingeretur aut fictilibus figuris, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 71: [[Summanus]], id. Div. 1, 10, 16: vasa, id. Att. 6, 1, 13: pocula, Tib. 1, 1, 39: dolia, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 158: [[olla]] [[rudis]] [[fictilis]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 223.—Jestingly applied to labelled [[wine]]-bottles: ibi tu videas litteratas fictiles epistolas, Pice signatas, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: fic-tĭle, is, and [[more]] freq. in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, fictĭlĭa, ĭum, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> An [[earthen]] [[vessel]]: [[balsamum]] [[novo]] fictili conditur, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116; 29, 6, 39, § 134: omnia fictilibus (ponuntur), Ov. M. 8, 670; Juv. 3, 168; 10, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Earthen figures of deities: antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum, Liv. 34, 4, 4; cf. Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34; 35, 12, 45, § 157.