faber, bra, brum, adj. 1. faber, workmanlike, skilful, ingenious (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ars, Ov. M. 8, 159; id. F. 3, 383: levitas speculi, App. Mag. p. 282.

—Sup.: signaculum faberrimum anuli aurei, App. Flor. p. 346.

—Adv.: fā^bre, in a workmanlike manner, skilfully, ingeniously: hoc factum est fabre, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Stich. 4, 1, 64: teres trabs, Sil. 14, 320; Vulg. Exod. 35, 33: sigillatum vitrum, App. M. 2, p. 123 (cf. fabrefacio).

—Sup.: facta navis, App. M. 11, p. 262 al.: aptare, Amm. 20, 11.