fingō
Erscheinungsbild
From Proto-Italic *fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (degdhi) and English dough.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfin.ɡoː/, [ˈfɪŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfin.ɡo/, [ˈfiŋɡo]
Verb
fingō (present infinitive fingere, perfect active fīnxī, supine fictum); third conjugation
- to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) [ synonyms ▲]
- to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle [ quotations ▼]
- to adorn, dress, arrange
- to dissemble; to alter the truth in order to deceive; feign, pretend, frame, contrive, devise, invent, fancy, imagine [ quotations ▼] [ synonyms ▲]
- to train, teach, instruct [ synonyms ▲]