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effingō finxī, fīctus, ere

ex + fingo, to stroke : manūs, O.To wipe clean, wipe out : spongiis sanguinem.— To form, fashion, mould : in tabulā oris liniamenta: sui dissimilia: casūs in auro, V.: gressūs euntis, imitate , V.—Fig., to express, represent, portray : nostros mores in alienis personis: magnitudo, quae illa possit effingere, i. e. contain the representations .

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