fingentem
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. pres. act. part.
Examples
Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mare nemo hunc abicit saeua dignum ueraque Charybdi, fingentem inmanis Laestrygonas et Cyclopas? nam citius Scyllam uel concurrentia..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...illi, quamuis Pierio sit bene nota choro. Carmina fingentem Sappho laudabat amatrix: castior haec et non doctior illa..."
