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.