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figuratio

fĭgūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [figuro] (post-Aug.).
  • 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, Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1.—
  • II Trop.
    • A Imagination, fancy: si spei figuratione tardius cadit, Quint. Decl. 12, 27; vanae, id. ib. 6, 4.—
    • B Form of a word: (diurnare) ex ea figuratione est, qua dicimus perennare, Gell. 17, 2, 16.—
    • C Figurative mode of speaking: quisquam illorum his figurationibus uteretur, quae Graeci schemata vocant? Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2; Lact. 1, 11, 24; 30.

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