[ˈfɪŋ.ɡoː], [ˈfiŋ.ɡo]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *fingō, from earlier *θingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (dégdhi) and English dough.
- conjugation-3to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
- conjugation-3to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle
“mulcēre alternōs, et corpora fingere linguā” — to caress them in turn, and to gently stroke their bodies with her tongue
(The she-wolf nurtures the twins Romulus and Remus.)
“et fingit linguā corpora bīna sua” — and gently strokes their two bodies with her tongue
(The she-wolf nurtures the twins Romulus and Remus.)
- conjugation-3to adorn, dress, arrange
- conjugation-3to dissemble; to alter the truth in order to deceive; feign, pretend, frame, contrive, devise, invent, fancy, imagine
“… Neque ego hanc abscondere fūrtō
spērāvī — nē finge — fugam ….” — “I had never hoped to hide this departure by [some] deceit: Don’t pretend (that I did).”
(Use of “ne” plus the imperative “finge” to express a negative command.)
- conjugation-3to train, teach, instruct
Formsfingō(canonical) · fingere(infinitive, present) · fīnxī(active, perfect) · fictum(supine) · fingō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · fingis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · fingit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · fingimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · fingitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · fingunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · fingēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · fingēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · fingēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · fingēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · fingēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · fingēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · fingam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · fingēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · finget(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · fingēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Source: Wiktionary