fingitis
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. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod est, si solutos sinat. LOR. At fugam fingitis: sentio quam rem agitis. PHILOCRATES Nos fugiamus? quo fugiamus..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...incipit Demosthenes vester, quem vos veterem et antiquum fingitis, non solum eodem anno quo nos, sed etiam eodem..."
