finges
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;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...domino. dextram cohibere memento; salua sit artoptae reuerentia. finge tamen te inprobulum, superest illic qui ponere cogat..."Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...cogente Nerone, nec dubitant celsi praetoris uendere ludis. finge tamen gladios inde atque hinc pulpita poni, quid satius..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lupinus. Parua est cenula—quis potest negare?— Sed finges nihil audiesue fictum et uoltu placidus tuo recumbes..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...angulo licet: exsurge modo [...] et te quoque dignum finge deo. Finges autem non auro vel argento: non potest..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoque dignum finge deo. Nemo alius est deo dignus quam qui opes..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...adferens an decus? Deinde, si hoc parum est, finge aliquem tormenta patris discussisse, finge in se transtulisse. Licet..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nobis expediat ultro dominum ad fugientes accersere. Sed finge navem ab ingenti posse cursu deflecti, et Licham..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...senem etiam alteram facias viam. compara, fabricare finge quod lubet, conglutina, ut senem hodie doctum docte fallas aurumque..."