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|lshtext=<b>forma</b>: ae, f. Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-āmi, [[bear]]; dhar-i-[[man]], [[figure]]; Gr. θρα- in [[θρῆνυς]], [[θρόνος]]>; cf. Lat. frētus, frēnum, [[fortis]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> form, in the [[most]] [[comprehensive]] [[sense]] of the [[word]], [[contour]], [[figure]], [[shape]], [[appearance]] (syn.: [[species]], [[frons]], [[facies]], [[vultus]]; [[figura]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: Ha. Earum [[nutrix]], [[qua]] [[sit]] facie, mihi expedi. Mi. Statura [[haud]] magna, corpore [[aquilo]]. Ha. Ipsa ea'st. Mi. Specie venusta, [[ore]] parvo, [[atque]] oculis pernigris. Ha. Formam [[quidem]] [[hercle]] verbis depinxti mihi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf.: [[quia]] [[semper]] eorum suppeditabatur [[facies]] et [[forma]] manebat, Lucr. 5, 1175: corporis nostri partes totaque [[figura]] et [[forma]] et [[statura]], [[quam]] apta ad naturam [[sit]], apparet, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis [[figura]], etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 48: [[forma]] ac [[species]] [[liberalis]], id. Cael. 3, 6; cf. id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 1, 27, 76 sqq.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. N. D. 1, 10, 26: aspicite, o cives, senis Enni imagini' formam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1 ed. Vahl.): hoc [[dico]], non ab hominibus formae figuram venisse ad deos ... Non [[ergo]] illorum humana [[forma]], sed nostra divina dicenda est, etc., id. N. D. 1, 32, 90: formaï servare figuram, Lucr. 4, 69; cf.: Homeri picturam, non poesin videmus. Quae [[regio]], quae [[species]] formaque pugnae, qui [[motus]] hominum non ita [[expictus]] est, ut, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114 (v. Moser ad h. l.): eximia [[forma]] pueri, id. ib. 5, 21, 61: virgines formā excellente, Liv. 1, 9, 11: formā praestante puellae, Ov. H. 3, 35: [[forma]] viros neglecta [[decet]], id. A. A. 1, 509; cf.: ut excellentem [[muliebris]] formae pulchritudinem muta in [[sese]] [[imago]] contineret, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: [[illa]] aetate [[venerabilis]], haec formae pulchrituline, Curt. 3, 11, 24: virginem adultam, formā excellentem, Liv. 3, 44, 4: virginem [[maxime]] formā notam, id. 4, 9, 4: una et [[viginti]] formae litterarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93: solis, Lucr. 5, 571: [[muralium]] falcium, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5: lanceae novae formae, Suet. Dom. 10: nova aedificiorum Urbis, id. Ner. 16: [[porticus]], Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5: [[forma]] et [[situs]] agri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4: eādem cerā aliae [[atque]] aliae formae duci solent, Quint. 10, 5, 9: geometricae formae, Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187: cum [[sit]] [[geometria]] divisa in numeros [[atque]] formas, Quint. 1, 10, 35; cf. also: [[Archimedes]] [[intentus]] formis, quas in pulvere descripserat, Liv. 25, 31, 9: dimidia circuli, Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150: clarissimorum virorum formae, figures, images, Cic. Mil. 32, 86: [[ille]] [[artifex]], cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, etc., id. Or. 2, 9: igneae formae, i. e. [[fiery]] bodies, id. N. D. 2, 40, 101: inque tori formam molles sternentur arenae, in the [[shape]], form, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47: ([[sacellum]]) crudis laterculis ad formam camini, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: ut haec [[mulier]] [[praeter]] formam [[nihil]] ad similitudinem hominis reservarit, Cic. Clu. 70, 199.—In [[poet]]. [[circumlocution]] [[with]] gen.: astra tenent caeleste [[solum]] formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73: formae ferarum, id. ib. 2, 78: ursi ac formae magnorum luporum, Verg. A. 7, 18: formae ingentis leo, of [[great]] [[size]], Just. 15, 4, 17; Tac. A. 4, 72.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., a [[fine]] form, [[beauty]]: di [[tibi]] formam, di [[tibi]] divitias dederant, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6; cf.: et [[genus]] et formam [[regina]] [[pecunia]] donat, id. ib. 1, 6, 37: movit Ajacem [[forma]] captivae Tecmessae, id. C. 2, 4, 6; Quint. 2, 5, 12: [[neque]], ut laudanda, quae pecuniam suam pluribus largitur, ita quae formam, id. 5, 11, 26; 5, 12, 17.—Prov.: [[forma]] [[bonum]] [[fragile]] est, Ov. A. A. 2, 113.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[outline]], [[plan]], [[design]] (of an [[architect]], etc.): cum formam videro, quale [[aedificium]] futurum [[sit]], scire [[possum]], Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: [[domus]] erit egregia; [[magis]] [[enim]] cerni jam poterat, [[quam]] [[quantum]] ex [[forma]] judicabamus, id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3 (2, 6, 2): [[qua]] ludum gladiatorium aedificaturus erat, Suet. Caes. 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[model]] [[after]] [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] is made, a [[pattern]], [[stamp]], [[last]] (of a [[shoemaker]]), etc.: utendum [[plane]] sermone, ut numo, cui publica [[forma]] est, Quint. 1, 6, 3: [[denarius]] formae publicae, Sen. Ben. 5, 29; cf.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt, Tac. G. 5: formas binarias, ternarias et quaternarias, et denarias [[etiam]] resolvi praecepit [[neque]] in usu cujusquam versari, [[stamped]] [[money]], coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; cf. Curt. 5, 2, 11: si scalpra et formas non [[sutor]] (emat), Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; cf.: [[forma]] calcei, Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mould]] [[which]] gives form to [[something]]: ([[caseus]]) vel manu figuratur vel buxeis formis exprimitur, Col. 7, 8 fin.: formae in quibus [[aera]] funduntur, Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; [[hence]], a [[frame]], [[case]], [[enclosure]]: [[opus]] [[tectorium]] [[propter]] excellentiam picturae ligneis formis inclusum, id. 35, 14, 49, § 173: formas rivorum perforare, i. e. the conduits, pipes, Front. Aquaed. 75: [[aquaeductus]], Dig. 7, 1, 27.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., the [[aqueduct]] itself, Front. Aquaed. 126.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[rescript]], formulary ([[post]]-[[class]]., [[whereas]] the dimin. [[formula]] is [[predominant]] in this signif.): ex eorum (amicorum) [[sententia]] formas composuit, [[Capitol]]. Anton. 6; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item [[forma]] appellatur [[puls]] miliacea ex melle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[shape]], form, [[nature]], [[manner]], [[kind]]: ad me [[quasi]] formam communium temporum et totius rei publicae misisti expressam, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4; cf.: formam [[quidem]] ipsam et [[tamquam]] faciem honesti vides, id. Off. 1, 5, 14: innumerabiles [[quasi]] formae figuraeque dicendi, id. Or. 3, 9, 34: cum, quae [[forma]] et [[quasi]] [[naturalis]] [[nota]] cujusque [[sit]], describitur, ut, si quaeratur avari [[species]], seditiosi, gloriosi, id. de Or. 3, 29, 115; cf.: quae [[sit]] in ea [[species]] et [[forma]] et [[notio]] viri boni, id. Off. 3, 20, 81: [[forma]] ingenii, id. Brut. 85, 294: rei publicae, id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.: [[exemplar]] formaque rei publicae, id. Rep. 2, 11: [[forma]] et [[species]] et [[origo]] tyranni, id. ib. 2, 29: [[forma]] rerum publicarum, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34 fin.: officii, id. Off. 1, 29, 103: propositi, Vell. 1, 16: sollicitudinum, Tac. A. 4, 60: formam vitae inire, id. ib. 1, 74: [[secundum]] vulgarem formam juris, Dig. 30, 1, 111: scelerum formae, Verg. A. 6, 626: poenae, id. ib. 615.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In philos. lang., [[like]] [[species]], a [[sort]], [[kind]]: nolim, ne si Latine [[quidem]] dici possit, specierum et speciebus dicere; et [[saepe]] his casibus utendum est: at formis et formarum velim ... Genus et formam definiunt hoc [[modo]]: [[genus]] est [[notio]] ad [[plures]] differentias pertinens; [[forma]] est [[notio]], cujus [[differentia]] ad [[caput]] generis et [[quasi]] fontem referri potest. Formae [[igitur]] sunt hae, in quas [[genus]] [[sine]] ullius praetermissione dividitur, ut si [[quis]] jus in legem, morem, aequitatem dividat, etc., Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.: [[genus]] et [[species]], [[quam]] eandem formam [[Cicero]] vocat, Quint. 5, 10, 62: a [[forma]] generis, [[quam]] [[interdum]], quo planius accipiatur, partem [[licet]] nominare, hoc [[modo]], etc. ... Genus [[enim]] est [[uxor]]; ejus duae formae: una matrumfamilias, altera earum, quae [[tantummodo]] uxores habentur, Cic. Top. 4, 14: [[quod]] haec ([[partitio]]) [[sit]] totius in partes, [[illa]] ([[divisio]]) generis in formas, Quint. 5, 10, 63: duae formae matrimoniorum, id. 5, 10, 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gram.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> The grammatical [[quality]], [[condition]] of a [[word]]: in quo animadvertito, [[natura]] quadruplicem esse formam, ad [[quam]] in declinando accommodari debeant verba, etc., Varr. L. L. 9, § 37 sq.; 101 sq. Müll.; Quint. 10, 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The grammatical form of a [[word]]: [[utrum]] in secunda [[forma]] [[verbum]] temporale habeat in extrema [[syllaba]] AS an IS, ad discernendas dissimilitudines [[interest]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 109 Müll.: [[aeditimus]] ea [[forma]] [[dictum]], [[qua]] [[finitimus]], Gell. 12, 10, 1.
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