PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Its Latin and medieval fields include shape, form, likeness, symbol, and representation; numerical use is one branch of a wider history.
/ˈfɪɡjər/ · noun and verb
A shape, representation, symbol, number, person, or act of calculation; borrowed through French from Latin figūra, form or shape.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Publishes the broad medieval and Latin field.
Etymology and historical sense inventoryConfirms that numerical meaning is one member of a much wider family.
Modern sense inventory and Latin figūraThe dossier does not project one modern sense backward as the whole word.