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fullo, ōnis, m.

  1. I. A fuller, cloth-fuller, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; Plin. 28, 6, 18, § 66; Mart. 6, 93, 1; Dig. 12, 7, 2; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162 al.
    In mal. part.: comprimere fullonem, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P. (Com. Rel. v. 95 Rib.); hence: pugil Cleomachus intra cutem caesus et ultra, inter fullones Novianos coronandus, Tert. Pall. 4.
    1. B. The title of a comic poem written by Laberius, Gell. 16, 7, 3.
    2. C. A Roman surname, Liv. 33, 24.
  2. II. A beetle with white spots, Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100.

fullōnĭca, ae, f. and ōrum, n., v. fullonicus, II.

fullōnĭcus, a, um, adj. [fullo], of or belonging to fullers.

  1. I. Adj.: pila, Cato, R. R. 10, 5; 14, 2.
  2. II. Subst.: fullōnĭca, ae, f.
    1. A. (Sc. ars.) The fuller’s craft, fulling: si non didicisti fullonicam, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 (dub. fulloniam, Fleck.): fullonicam docere, Lact. 1, 18, 21; Vitr. 6 praef. § 7.
    2. B. (Sc. officina.) A fuller’s shop: eum, in cujus fundo aqua oritur, fullonicas circa fontem instituisse, Dig. 39, 3, 3; also, fullonica, orum, n., ib. 7, 1, 13, § 8.

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [fullo], of or belonging to fullers.

  1. I. Adj.: ars, the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196: creta, fuller’s earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46: aenae, id. 24, 13, 68, § 111: saltus, a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.
    Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15.
  2. II. Subst.
          1. (α) fullōnium, ĭi, n. (= fullonica, II. B.), a fuller’s shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.
          2. (β) fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller’s trade (sc. ars): si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).