fingatur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...teneris inprimuntur aetatibus. Tuis adsuescat sermonibus, ad tuum fingatur arbitrium: multum illi dabis, etiam si nihil dederis praeter..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sermo fingi non potest ut non personae sermo fingatur. Sed in iis quae natura non permittit hoc modo..."