fingeremus
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. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aliis ponitur, quibus usuri fuimus si illud non fingeremus. VI. Periphrasis, etiam si frequenter et id ipsum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...cuiusquam terror expressit. Quem sic timuimus, ut haec fingeremus? quem sic amavimus, ut haec fateremur? Nosti necessitatem servitutis..."