mould (v.) Copy link Outline 1. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (esp. with ref. to plastic art)2. formo, 1 (to shape) • mould (v.): 1. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (esp. with ref. to plastic art): to m. in wax, e cera f., Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 30: more fully, f. similitudines ex ..., Plin. 35, 12, 43 (with ref. to busts): Ov. So comps. effingo, confingo, but in more gen. sense: v. to fashion, form. 2. formo, 1 (to shape): v. to form. Esp. in fig. sense: to m. an orator, oratorem f., Quint. 1, 1, 10: to m. (the character) from infancy, a pueritia statim f., Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 7. Join: formare et instituere (sc. educando), ib. 1, 14, 3. Phr.: you will be able to m. anything you choose while the clay is wet (fig.), argilla quidvis imitaberis uda, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8.