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.