MOULD Copy link • MOULD 1. s. Soil, terra, humus: rich mould, terra gravis, humus pinguis: light mould, terra facilis, humus levis: loose mould, terra resoluta; humus soluta: fine mould, humus minuta, tenera. A damp concretion, situs; mucor (mustiness): putredo (rottenness, ☞ late): to smell of mould, situm redolere: to contract mould, situm ducere. Form, forma (Plin.; formae in quibus aera funduntur); formula (Ammianus): to be cast in the same mould, una forma percussos esse (Sen., Ep., 34). 2. v. PROP., To fashion, form, fingere, effingere, confingere, formare, figurare, aliquid (ex argella, e cera, ex aliqua materia). Figuratively, fingere; effingere; formare.