fingendum
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;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iudicare quid dicendum, quid dissimulandum, quid declinandum mutandum fingendum etiam sit potest cur non sit orator, quando, quod..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...eandem imaginem quam res habent, cum alterum fingendum sit; et horum tamen utcumque commonet locus, sicut sermonis alicuius..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Nerone fide fecunda rumoribus; sed plurima ad fingendum credendumque materies in ipsis castris, odio metu et, ubi viris..."