fingebam
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. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...matrum speraui te, nate, sequi, nec talia demens fingebam uotis annorum elementa tuorum, nil saeuum reputans: etenim..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dapes et frusta mero glomerata vomentem: talia fingebam misero mihi fata parari perque dies multos latitans omnemque tremiscens..."