fingat
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. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...unius. mali mariti non interest, incestum de uxore fingat an credat. quid? iste ergo non timuit tam nefandae..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...notas. Inspice: quodque leges, ex ipsis collige verbis, Fingat, an ex animo sollicitusque roget. Postque brevem rescribe moram..."
