earthen Copy link Outline 1. fictĭlis, e2. terrēnus (prop. of earth in its raw state)3. terrĕus • earthen: 1. fictĭlis, e: an e. thunderbolt, f. fulmen, Ov. Esp. of what is moulded by the potter's art: e. vessels, vasa f., Tib.: v. earthenware. 2. terrēnus (prop. of earth in its raw state): an e. mound, agger t., Virg.: e. vessels, t. vasa, Plin. 3. terrĕus: an e. mound, tumulus t., Caes.
EARTHEN Copy link • EARTHENterrenus (opposed to igneus, etc.: terreus not used in Golden Age; in Varr. twice, terreus agger, terreus murus). Made of baked earth or clay, fictilis (made of clay, etc.); figlinus (made by a potter). Earthen vessels, vasa fictilia or fictilia only; vasa terrena (Plin.): argillaceus is “clayey,” “like clay.” EARTH-FLAX, Vid: ASBESTOS.