fingō finxī, fictus, ere
FIG-,
to touch, handle
,
stroke, touch gently
: corpora linguā, V.: manūs manibus, O.—
To form, fashion, frame, shape, mould, model, make
: hominem: ab aliquo deo <*>cti: alqd
e cerā: homullus ex argillā fictus: pocula de humo, O.:
fingendi ars,
statuary
: imagines marmore, Ta.—
To set to rights, arrange, adorn, dress, trim
: crinem, V.: fingi
curā mulierum, Ph.: vitem putando, V.—Of
the countenance,
to alter, change, put on, feign
: voltum, Cs.: voltūs hominum fingit scelus, i. e.
makes men change countenance
, T.—Fig.,
to form, fashion, make, mould, give character to, compose
: animos: ex alquā re me,
shape my course
: ea (verba) sicut ceram ad nostrum arbitrium:
voltum,
compose
, O.: lingua wocem fingit,
forms
: Carmina, H.: finxit
te natura ad virtutes magnum hominem: me pusilli animi, H.:
mea minora, i. e.
disparage
, H.—
To form by instruction, instruct, teach, train
: mire filium, i. e.
cause to play his part
, T.: voce paternā Fingeris ad
rectum, H.: equum docilem Ire viam,
H.—
To form mentally, represent in thought, imagine, conceive, think, suppose,
express, sketch out
: animis imaginem condicionis meae: ex suā
naturā ceteros,
conceive
: utilitatum causā amicitias: in summo oratore
fingendo,
depicting
: ex suā naturā ceteros,
judge
: me astutiorem: ne finge,
do not think it
, V.: finge, aliquem nunc fieri
sapientem,
suppose
: interfecti aliqui sunt, finge a nobis,
assume
, L.—
To contrive, devise, invent, feign, pretend
: fallacias, T.: causas ne det, T.: verba, i. e.
talk deceitfully
, S.: (crimina) in istum: non visa,
H.: dolorem in hoc casu, Iu.:
malum civem Roscium fuisse.
