adfingere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfingo, adfingere, adfinxi, adfictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
add to, attach; aggravate; embellish, counterfeit, forge; claim wrongly;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...evertere summa, cetera de genere hoc adfingere et addere, Memmi, desiperest. quid enim inmortalibus atque beatis gratia nostra..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...naturam noscere rerum. proinde animi vitium hoc oculis adfingere noli. Qua vehimur navi, fertur, cum stare videtur; quae..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fuerint veri similia, et licebit etiam falso adfingere quidquid fieri solet. Contingit eadem claritas etiam ex accidentibus: "mihi..."