1. fĭgŭlus, i, m. [v. fingo], a potter, Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 159: Col. 11, 1, 9; Inscr. Orell. 4190: SIGILLATOR ( = sigillorum fictor), a seal-maker, ib. 4191: vas figuli, Vulg. Psa. 2, 9 al.
Poet. of the builders of the brick walls of Babylon: a figulis munita urbs, Juv. 10, 171.