fictus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fictus, ficta, fictum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
feigned, false; counterfeit;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →fingo, fingere, finxi, fictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive;; adapt, transform into; modify (appearance/character/behavior); groom;; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...admittentia morsum. sed tener et niueus mollique siligine fictus seruatur domino. dextram cohibere memento; salua sit artoptae reuerentia..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mariti pervigil et tantum deserta metitur, [non desiderio fictus aut fucatus habitu nec, ut somniorum vanitate conspicitur..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tandem dubitare coegi. exclamo male victor: "adest, mala, fictus adulter! verus eram coniunx! me, perfida, teste teneris." illa..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...veniatque roget: Accedant lacrimae, dolor et de paelice fictus, Et laniet digitis illius ora suis: Iamdudum persuasus erit..."
