fingo, fingis, fingere C, finxi, fictum Verb

Translations

  1. to mold
  2. to form
  3. to shape
  4. to create
  5. to invent

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Consonant Conjugation (3)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) fingerefingi
Anter. (Perfect) finxissefictum esse
Post. (Future) ficturum essefictum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. fingere
Gen. fingendi
Dat. fingendo
Acc. fingendum
Voc. fingere
Abl. fingendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative finge!fingite!
Supinum
Type I fictum
Type II fictū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

elige, fictum esse Iovem malis, an te per dedecus ortum."

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses IX
Marcus Tullius Cicero

singulare, iudices, consilium, qui se non solum de reo sed etiam de accusatore, de teste iudicare arbitrabantur, quid fictum, quid fortuna ac tempore adlatum, quid pretio corruptum, quid spe aut metu depravatum, quid a cupiditate aliqua

~ Cicero, Pro Pro M. Fonteio
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

ertum, cum genus hoc inter vitae versemur, ubi acris invidia atque vigent ubi crimina: pro bene sano ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus.

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I
L. Annaeus Seneca

a desideremus aut ambularemus, inlaboratus et facilis, tales esse epistulas meas volo, quae nihil habent accersitum nec fictum.

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber IX

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