I.of or belonging to fullers.
I. Adj.: “ars,” the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196: “creta,” fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46: “aenae,” id. 24, 13, 68, § 111: “saltus,” a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —
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fullōnia , ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars): “si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,” Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).