effingo

effingō finxī, fīctus, ere

ex + fingo, to stroke : manūs, O.— To wipe clean, wipe out : spongiis sanguinem.— To form, fashion, mould : in tabulā oris liniamenta: sui dissimilia: casūs in auro, V.: gressūs euntis, imitate , V.—Fig., to express, represent, portray : nostros mores in alienis personis: magnitudo, quae illa possit effingere, i. e. contain the representations .