I.thought out, devised, fabricated (most freq. in Cicero).
I. Opp. to that already existing, invented, new: “nominibus novis et commenticiis appellata,” Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: “spectacula (opp. usitata),” Suet. Claud. 21; Dig. 48, 19, 20.—
II. Opp. to that which is actual.
A. In gen., feigned, pretended, ideal, imaginary: “civitas Platonis,” Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230: “commenticii et ficti di,” id. N. D. 2, 28, 70; 1, 11, 28.—
B. In opp. to moral reality, truth, fabricated, feigned, forged, false: “crimen,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: “res,” id. ib. 29, 82: “fabula,” id. Off. 3, 9, 39: “fraudes,” Gell. 12, 1, 8: “epistulae, Cod. Th. 7, 18, 11, § 1: jus,” Dig. 20, 48, 19.