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
- M
XIX
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..." - P
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..."
