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figmentum

figmentum, i, n. [FIG, fingo] (post-class.), formation (cf. fictio).
  • I In gen.
    • A In abstr.: verborum, the forming of new words, Gell. 20, 9, 1.—
    • B In concr., a figure, image: animalis, Gell. 5, 12, 12: figmento deae caelitus lapso, Amm.22, 9: aerea figmenta, id. 14, 6, 8.—
    • C Any thing made, a production, creation, Vulg. Isa. 29, 16 al.—
  • II In partic., a fiction: poëtarum, Lact. 7, 22: somniorum, Ap. Met. 4, 27, 18.

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