fingendo
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;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...faciendo dicta, ut ab aspectu species et a fingendo figura. III. Itaque Pacuvius in tragoedia, quae Niptra inscribitur..."Agesilaus
Cornelius Nepos
"...animi virtutibus, sic maleficam nactus est in corpore fingendo. Nam et statura fuit humili et corpore exiguo..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praeter id quod solam petit voluptatem eamque [etiam] fingendo non falsa modo sed etiam quaedam incredibilia sectatur, patrocinio..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...honore, si eloquentiam eius et gratiam nos timere fingendo ut ea suspecta sint iudici fecerimus, interim per contumeliam..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multitudinem consul alter Romae praetorque alias ex aliis fingendo moras retinebat. Et primo quidem ignari ludificationis minime inviti..."