figmentum
figmentum, i, n. id. (post-class.), formation (cf. fictio). In gen. In abstr.: verborum, the forming of new words, Gell. 20, 9, 1.— In concr., a figure, image: animalis, Gell. 5, 12, 12: figmento deae caelitus lapso, Amm. 22, 9: aerea figmenta, id. 14, 6, 8.— Any thing made, a production, creation, Vulg. Isa. 29, 16 al.— In partic., a fiction: poëtarum, Lact. 7, 22: somniorum, App. M. 4, p. 155.