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
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..."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..."