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D / dē-fingo
verb transitive

dē-fingo

2nd PP dē-fingere · 3rd PP dē-fingnxi · conj. 3rd
to form, to put in shape, to fashion •
v. a., to form, to put in shape, to fashion (very rare; prob. belonging properly to the vulgar lang.; hence in Hor., by way of sarcasm): panem, Cato R. R. 74 and 121.—Sarcast. of coarse poetic description: dum Defingit Rheni luteum caput, * Hor. S. 1, 10, 37.
Perseus ID: n12690 Key: defingo