fingerentur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...materias in hoc idoneas, ut controversiae permixtis salibus fingerentur, vel res proponi singulas ad iuvenum talem exercitationem..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...perplexae magis et longioris aliquando actus controuersiae fingerentur et uerba in usu cotidiano posita minus timeremus et iocos..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fregi", "laudo laudavi". XVI. Non enim, cum primum fingerentur homines, Analogia demissa caelo formam loquendi dedit, sed inventa..."