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
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod est, si solutos sinat. LOR. At fugam fingitis: sentio quam rem agitis. PHILOCRATES Nos fugiamus? quo fugiamus..."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..."
