informis

Latin > English

informis informis, informe ADJ :: formless, shapeless; deformed; ugly, hideous

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

informis: e, adj. 2. in-forma,
I that has no form or not a proper form, unformed, shapeless.
I Lit.: cum res muta aut informis fit loquens et formata, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66: alveus, Liv. 21, 26, 9: caro, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—
II Transf., unshapely, misshapen, deformed, hideous, horrid: cadaver, Verg. A. 8, 264: hiemes, Hor. C. 2, 10, 15: situs, id. Ep. 2, 2, 118: nota in ore, Prop. 1, 5, 16: color, Tib. 4, 4, 6: informes sanguine peltae, Stat. Th. 12, 528: imbre cruento informis facies, Luc. 6, 224: exitus, Tac. A. 6, 49: sors, id. ib. 12, 37: letum, Verg. A. 12, 603: nihil est illis (metallis) informius, Sen. Ep. 94 med.— Adv.: infor-mĭter, hideously, horridly: sonare, Aug. Conf. 12, 29.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

īnfōrmis,¹¹ e (in et forma),
1 non façonné, brut : Liv. 21, 26, 9 ; Plin. 7, 63
2 mal formé, difforme, hideux, horrible : Virg. En. 8, 264 ; Prop. 1, 5, 16 || [fig.] informes hiemes Hor. O. 2, 10, 15, les hivers affreux ; informis exitus Tac. Ann. 6, 49, fin, mort affreuse || -ior Sen. Ep. 94, 58.

Latin > German (Georges)

īnfōrmis, e (in u. forma), I) ungeformt, unförmlich, gestaltlos, formlos, res, Cornif. rhet.: alvei, Liv.: caro, Plin. – II) übtr., ungestaltet, häßlich anzusehen, garstig, entstellt, nec sum adeo informis, auch bin ich nicht so gar übel gebaut, Verg. – cadaver, Verg.: color, Tibull.: terra, Verg.: hiems, Hor.: exitus, Tac.: sors, Tac.: letum, v. Erhängen, Verg. – Compar., nihil est illis (auro et argento)... informius, Sen. ep. 94, 58.

Translations

formless

Bulgarian: безформен; Catalan: sense forma; Dutch: vormloos; French: sans forme, informe; Greek: άμορφος; Ancient Greek: ἀειδής, ἀΐδηλος, ἄμορφος, ἀνείδεος, ἄσαμος, ἄσημος, ἀσχημάτιστος; Ido: senforma; Latin: informis; Lithuanian: beformis; Polish: bezkształtny, bezpostaciowy; Spanish: sin forma; Swedish: formlös