formatio
From LSJ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
formātĭo: ōnis, f. formo,
I a shaping, forming; a form, design, plan (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: formationem puto probandam, locum improbandum, Vitr. 2 praef.: oblonga fori, id. 5, 1: formationes columnarum, id. 4, 1.—
II Trop.: morum, Sen. Ep. 117, 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fōrmātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (formo), formation, confection ; forme, configuration : Vitr. Arch. 5, 1
