offĭcīna — Lewis & Short
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,
I a workshop, manufactory (class.; cf. fabrica).
I Lit.:
nec enim quicquam ingenuum potest habere officina,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:
instituit officinam Syracusis in regiā maximam,Cic. 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.—
2 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.—
B Transf., a making, formation:
in magnis corporibus facilis officina sequaci materia fuit,Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2.—
II 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.