noun

fĭgūrātĭo

gen. fĭgūrātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

figuro (post-Aug.).

A forming; fashioning; shape; form •

A forming, fashioning; shape, form, figure: nervi hic teretes, illic lati, ut in uno quoque poscit figuratio, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: zona duodecim signis conformata exprimit depictam a natura figurationem, Vitr. 9, 4: Apollinis, App. Dogm. Plat. 1.—

figuratively

Imagination; fancy •

Imagination, fancy: si spei figuratione tardius cadit, Quint. Decl. 12, 27; vanae, id. ib. 6, 4.—

Form •

Form of a word: (diurnare) ex ea figuratione est, qua dicimus perennare, Gell. 17, 2, 16.—

Figurative mode of speaking •

Figurative mode of speaking: quisquam illorum his figurationibus uteretur, quae Graeci schemata vocant? Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2; Lact. 1, 11, 24; 30.

Perseus ID: n18165 Key: figuratio