μορφή
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A form, shape, twice in Hom. (not in Hes.), σοὶ δ' ἔπι μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων thou hast comeliness of words, Od.11.367 (cf. Eust. ad loc.); so prob. ἄλλος μὲν . . εἶδος ἀκιδνότερος πέλει ἀνήρ, ἀλλὰ θεὸς μορφὴν ἔπεσι στέφει God adds a crown of shapeliness to his words, Od.8.170: freq. later, μορφὰς δύο ὀνομάζειν Parm.8.53; μορφὴν ἀλλάξαντα Emp.137.1; μορφὰν βραχύς Pi.I.4(3).53; μορφῆς μέτρα shape and size, E.Alc.1063: periphr., μορφῆς φύσις A.Supp.496; μορφῆς σχῆμα, τύπωμα, E.Ion992, Ph.162; τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σχήματος μορφήν Arist.PA640b34; καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μ. μία A.Pr.212; ὀνειράτων ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσιν ib.449; νυκτέρων φαντασμάτων ἔχουσι μορφάς Id.Fr.312; προὔπεμψεν ἀντὶ φιλτάτης μ. σποδόν S.El.1159; of plants, Thphr.HP1.1.12 (pl.); esp. with ref. to beauty of form, ὑπέρφατον μορφᾷ Pi.O.9.65; οἷς ποτιστάξῃ χάρις εὐκλέα μ. ib.6.76, cf. IG42 (1).121.119 (Epid., iv B. C.), LXX To.1.13, Vett.Val.1.6, etc.; σῶμα μορφῆς ἐμῆς OGI383.41 (Commagene, i B. C.); μορφῆς εἰκόνας ib.27; χαρακτῆρα μορφῆς ἐμῆς ib.60. 2 generally, form, fashion, appearance, A.Pr.78, S.Tr.699, El.199 (lyr.); outward form, opp. εἶδος, ἑκατέρω τῶ εἴδεος πολλαὶ μ. Philol.5; ἀλλάττοντα τὸ αὑτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς Pl.R.380d; μ. θεῶν X.Mem.4.3.13, cf. Ep.Phil.2.6, Dam.Pr.304; ἡρώων εἴδεα καὶ μορφάς A.R.4.1193; κατά τε μορφὰς καὶ φωνάς gesticulations and cries, D.H.14.9; τὴν μ. μελάγχρους, τῇ μ. μελίχροας, in complexion, Ptol.Tetr.143, 144. 3 kind, sort, E. Ion 382, 1068 (lyr.), Pl.R.397c, etc. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. forma for morg[uglide]hmā, with f by dissimilation, cf. μύρμηξ.)
