I.to form, fashion, devise, make, or invent a thing as an addition or appendage to another.
I. Lit. (esp. of artists).
(α).
With dat.: “nec ei manus adfinxit,” Cic. Tim. 6: “saepta, adficta villae quae sunt,” Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 2.—
(β).
Absol.: “Nullam partem corporis sine aliquā necessitate adfictam reperietis,” Cic. Or. 3, 45, 179.—
II. Trop., to make up, frame, invent, to add falsely or without grounds: “faciam ut intellegatis, quid error adfinxerit, quid invidia conflārit,” Cic. Clu. 4: “vitium hoc oculis adfingere noli,” Lucr. 4, 386: “neque vera laus ei detracta oratione nostrā, neque falsa adficta esse videatur,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so id. Phil. 1, 3; id. Or. 22; id. Tusc. 3, 33: “addunt ipsi et adfingunt rumoribus Galli,” Caes. B. G. 7, 1: “cui crimen adfingeretur,” might be falsely imputed, Tac. A. 14, 62.—
III. In a general signif.
A. To add or join to, to annex (always with the accessory idea of forming, fashioning, devising): “sint cubilia gallinarum aut exsculpta aut adficta firmiter,” Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: multa natura aut adfingit (creating, she adds thereto) aut mutat aut detrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 62, 118: “tantum alteri adfinxit, de altero limavit,” id. de Or. 3, 9, 36.—
B. To feign, forge: “litteras,” App. M. 4, 139, 34 Elm.
