offĭcīna | opĭfĭcīna (noun F) : contr. from opificina, from opifex; the uncontracted prim. form, , is still found in Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 7, and Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 83 fin. Mai
* A workshop, manufactory (class.; cf. fabrica).
* Lit.: nec enim quicquam ingenuum potest habere officina,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: instituit officinam Syracusis in regiā maximam,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54: armorum,a manufactory of arms,Caes. B. C. 1, 34; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Nep. Ages. 3, 2; for which, ferraria, Auct. B. Afr. 20: aerariorum,Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23: fullonum,id. 35, 11, 40, § 143: pictoris,id. ib.: plastarum,id. 35, 12, 45, § 155: tingentium,id. 9, 38, 62, § 133: tonstrinarum,id. 36, 22, 47, § 165 al.: promercalium vestium,a shop in which garments are made for sale,Suet. Gram. 23: cetariorum,a place where fish are salted,Col. 8, 17: officina monetae,Liv. 6, 20: dum graves Cyclopum Volcanus ardens urit officinas,Hor. C. 1, 4, 8.
* In partic., in econom. lang. = ornithon, a place where fowls are kept, in order to lay their eggs and hatch their young, a poultry-house or yard, Col. 8, 3, 4.
* Trop., a workshop, manufactory, laboratory: mathematici, poëtae, musici, medici denique ex hac tamquam omnium artium officinā profecti sunt,Cic. Fin. 5, 3, 7: falsorum commentariorum, et chirographorum officina,id. Phil. 2, 14, 35: nequitiae,id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: dicendi,id. Brut. 8, 32: sapientiae,id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: spirandi pulmo,Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188: rhetoris,Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 57: ex rhetorum officinis,id. Or. 3, 12: domus ejus officina eloquentiae habita est,id. ib. 13, 40: corruptelarum omnis generis,Liv. 39, 11, 6; cf. 39, 8, 7: crudelitatis,Val. Max. 3, 1, 2: humanarum calamitatium,Sen. Contr. 5, 33, 2.

s. TLL