formosus
τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
formōsus: (FORMONSVS, Inscr. Grut. 669, 10;
I comp.: FORMONSIOR, Inscr. Fabr. p. 374, no. 169: formonsam, Verg. E. 1, 5 Rib.), a, um, adj. forma, I. B. 1., finely formed, beautiful, handsome (freq. and class; syn.: pulcher, speciosus, venustus, bellus).
A Of visible subjects: deum rotundum esse volunt, quod ea forma ullam negat esse pulchriorem Plato: at mihi vel cylindri vel quadrati vel coni vel pyramidis videtur esse formosior, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24: consideratur in homine, formosus an deformis, id. Inv. 1, 24, 35: virgines formosissimae, id. ib. 2, 1, 2: mulier, Hor. A. P. 4: vis formosa videri, id. C. 4, 13, 3: formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin, Verg. E. 2, 1; cf.: formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse, id. ib. 5, 44: Galatea hedera formosior alba, id. ib. 7, 38: boves, Ov. A. A. 1, 296: mater haedorum duorum, id. F. 5, 117: arma Sabina, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 32; so, formosius telum jaculabile, Ov. M. 7, 679: arbutus, Prop. 1, 2, 11 (dub.; Müll. felicius): Alcibiades, omnium aetatis suae multo formosissimus, Nep. Alcib. 1, 2: nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus, Verg. E. 3, 57: tempus (i. e. ver), Ov. F. 4, 129: aestas messibus, id. R. Am. 187: lux formosior omnibus Calendis, Mart. 10, 24, 2: habitus formosior, Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Prov.: Formonsa facies muta commendatio est, Pub. Syr. 169 (Rib.).—
B Rarely of abstr. subjects: nihil est virtute formosius, nihil pulchrius, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4.—Adv.: formōse, beautifully (very rare): Cupidinem formosum deum formose cubantem, App. M. 5, p. 168: saltare, id. ib. 6, p. 183: formosius, Quint. 8, 3, 10: formosissime, Aug. Conf. 1, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fōrmōsus,⁸ a, um (forma), beau, bien fait, de belles formes, élégant : Cic. Nat. 1, 24 || -ior, -issimus Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4 ; Inv. 2, 2. orth. formonsus dans des Inscr. et certains mss ; condamnée par Prob. App. 198, 9 ; par Scaur. 21, 10, etc. || pour le sens des adj. en -ōsus, v. Gell. 4, 9, 12.
Latin > German (Georges)
fōrmōsus (fōrmōnsus), a, um (forma) = ευειδής, εὔμορφος (Gloss.), wohlgestaltet, wohlgebildet, schön von Gestalt (Ggstz. deformis, turpis), v. Menschen, Apollo, Verg. u. Tibull.: puer, Verg. u. Suet.: adulescens, Nep.: puella, Tibull.: virgo, Titin. fr.: mulier, Afran. fr. u. Hor.: alius formosus alius deformis est, Sen.: virgines formosissimae, Cic. – v. Tieren, pecus, Verg.: capra, Plaut.: iuvenca, Verg.: pavonum formosus grex, Phaedr. – v. lebl. Subjj., domus, Sen.: prata sine arte formosa, Sen.: at mihi cylindri vel quadrati (forma) videtur esse formosior, Cic. – v. Abstr., annus, Verg.: tempus, Frühling, Ov.: mors, Apul.: virtute nihil est formosius, Cic.
