fingam
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...simplicitas! ita non times, ne coactus loqui multa fingam, multa componam? si potes scire, mulier, an mentiar, scis..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...patris porto; pater est mihi Iuppiter ipse. nec fingam causas, tu tantum fida sorori esse velis prolisque meae..."
