(v. a.P. a.) : fĭgūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.figura
* To form, fashion, shape (rare but class.).
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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, 8med.—Of a word, derived: dicatur a Graeca voce figurata esse,Gai. Inst. 3, 93 fin.
* Trop., of speech, figurative (not in Cic., but very freq. in Quint.): oratio ἐσχηματισμένη, id est figurata (opp. ἀσχημάτιστος, 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.

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