officīna ae, f for opificīna (old), from opifex, a workshop, manufactory: instituit officinam in regiā maximam, studio: armorum officinae in urbe: monetae, mint, L.: Cyclopum Volcanus urit officinas, H.

—Fig., a workshop, factory, laboratory: tamquam omnium artium: sapientiae: ex rhetorum officinis: eloquentiae: corruptelarum, L.