figuro

fĭgūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [figura], to form, fashion, shape (rare but class.).

I.

Lit.:

mundum ea forma figuravit, qua una omnes reliquae formae concluduntur,

Cic. Univ. 6:

aes in habitum statuae,

Sen. Ep. 65:

medullas in lapidis naturam,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161:

caseos,

id. 16, 38, 72, § 181:

barbam peregrina ratione,

Petr. 102.— Absol., Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen.:

voces lingua,

to pronounce, utter, Lucr. 4, 550; cf. id. 2, 413:

os tenerum pueri balbumque poëta figurat,

forms, trains, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

dum tempora nostra figurat,

represents, Prud. Psych. 66.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To imagine, fancy, picture:

qui in crepidine viderat Marium in sella figuravit,

Sen. Contr. 3, 17 med.:

quales ad bella excitanda exeunt Furiae, talem nobis iram figuremus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35 med.:

inanes species anxio animo,

Curt. 7, 1 fin. —

2.

In rhet. lang., to adorn with figures:

tam translatis verbis quam propriis figuratur oratio,

Quint. 9, 1, 9:

plurima mutatione figuramus,

id. 10, 1, 12.— Absol.:

affectus efficaciter movit, figurabat egregie,

Sen. Contr. 3 praef. —Hence, fĭgū-rātus, a, um, P. a.

A.

Lit., formed, fashioned, shaped:

boum ipsa terga declarant non esse se ad onus accipiendum figurata,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

(hominis) ita figuratum corpus,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

signum in modum Liburnae figuratum,

Tac. G. 9:

venter ei, qui a periculo tutus est, reddit mollia, figurata,

well-formed stools, Cels. 2, 3; 2, 8 med. —Of a word, derived:

dicatur a Graeca voce figurata esse,

Gai. Inst. 3, 93 fin. —

B.

Trop., of speech, figurative (not in Cic., but very freq. in Quint.): oratio eschêmatismenê, id est figurata (opp. aschêmatistos, figuris carens), Quint. 9, 1, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 59:

verba,

id. 8, 1, 1; 9, 2, 7:

controversiae,

id. 9, 2, 65; 88; 9, 1, 14.— Adv. (acc. to B.), figuratively; in two forms: fĭgūrāto, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 14 al.: fĭgūrāte, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 6:

figuratius,

Sid. Ep. 5, 8.