fingentur
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;
pl. fut. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...torvi, mites, asperi fiunt: quae ut actus poposcerit fingentur. LXXVI. Rigidi vero et extenti aut languidi et torpentes..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...licet. Sint ergo et ipsae materiae quae fingentur quam simillimae ueritati, et declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...fore librum persimilem, cuius, uelut aegri somnia, uanae fingentur species, ut nec pes nec caput uni reddatur formae..."