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figmentum

figmentum · n

formation

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Where it lives

Adversus Valentinianos 2 · 3.14/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 4 · 1.76/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Res Gestae 15 · 1.18/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

figmentum — Lewis & Short

figmentum, i, n.id. (post-class.),

I 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, App. M. 4, p. 155.

In the wild

figmento Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 30.1.22
figmentum Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 2.1.215
figmento Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.9.7
figmenta Minucius Felix, Octavius 11.9
figmentum Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 6
figmento Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 40

6 of 36 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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