cyclōpum+officinas+h

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offĭcīna, ae, f. [contr. from opificina, from opifex; the uncontracted prim. form, opĭfĭcīna, 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,

id. 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.—

Transf., a making, formation:

in magnis corporibus facilis officina sequaci materia fuit,

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2.—

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.