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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."