figmentum
i, n.
I.
formation (cf. fictio).
I.
In gen.
A.
In abstr.: verborum, 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.