af-fingo — Lewis & Short
af-fingo (better adf-), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.,
I to form, fashion, devise, make, or invent a thing as an addition or appendage to another.
I Lit. (esp. of artists).
(a) With dat.:
nec ei manus adfinxit,Cic. Tim. 6:
saepta, adficta villae quae sunt,Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 2.—
(b) Absol.:
Nullam partem corporis sine aliquā necessitate adfictam reperietis,Cic. Or. 3, 45, 179.—
II Trop., to make up, frame, invent, to add falsely or without grounds:
faciam ut intellegatis, quid error adfinxerit, quid invidia conflārit,Cic. Clu. 4:
vitium hoc oculis adfingere noli,Lucr. 4, 386:
neque vera laus ei detracta oratione nostrā, neque falsa adficta esse videatur,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so id. Phil. 1, 3; id. Or. 22; id. Tusc. 3, 33:
addunt ipsi et adfingunt rumoribus Galli,Caes. B. G. 7, 1:
cui crimen adfingeretur,might be falsely imputed, Tac. A. 14, 62.—
III In a general signif.
A To add or join to, to annex (always with the accessory idea of forming, fashioning, devising):
sint cubilia gallinarum aut exsculpta aut adficta firmiter,Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: multa natura aut adfingit (creating, she adds thereto) aut mutat aut detrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 62, 118:
tantum alteri adfinxit, de altero limavit,id. de Or. 3, 9, 36.—
B To feign, forge:
litteras,App. M. 4, 139, 34 Elm.