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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[form]], [[shape]], twice in Hom. (not in Hes.), <b class="b3">σοὶ δ' ἔπι μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων</b> thou hast [[comeliness]] of words, Od.11.367 (cf. Eust. ad loc.); so prob. <b class="b3">ἄλλος μὲν… εἶδος ἀκιδνότερος πέλει [[ἀνήρ]], ἀλλὰ θεὸς μορφὴν ἔπεσι στέφει</b> 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; <b class="b3">μορφῆς μέτρα</b> [[shape]] and [[size]], E.''Alc.''1063: [[periphrasis]], μορφῆς φύσις A.''Supp.''496; <b class="b3">μορφῆς σχῆμα, τύπωμα</b>, E.''Ion''992, ''Ph.''162; τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σχήματος μορφήν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''640b34; καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μ. μία A.''Pr.''212; <b class="b3">ὀνειράτων ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσιν</b> ib.449; νυκτέρων φαντασμάτων ἔχουσι μορφάς Id.''Fr.''312; προὔπεμψεν ἀντὶ φιλτάτης μ. σποδόν S.''El.''1159; of plants, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 1.1.12 (pl.); esp. with ref. to [[beauty of form]], ὑπέρφατον μορφᾷ Pi.''O.''9.65; <b class="b3">οἷς ποτιστάξῃ χάρις εὐκλέα μ.</b> ib.6.76, cf. ''IG''42 (1).121.119 (Epid., iv B. C.), [[LXX]] ''To.''1.13, Vett.Val.1.6, etc.; σῶμα μορφῆς ἐμῆς ''OGI''383.41 (Commagene, i B. C.); <b class="b3">μορφῆς εἰκόνας</b> ib.27; <b class="b3">χαρακτῆρα μορφῆς ἐμῆς</b> ib.60.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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 [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 380d; μ. θεῶν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.3.13, cf. ''Ep.Phil.''2.6, Dam.''Pr.''304; ἡρώων εἴδεα καὶ μορφάς A.R.4.1193; <b class="b3">κατά τε μορφὰς καὶ φωνάς</b> [[gesticulation]]s and cries, D.H.14.9; <b class="b3">τὴν μ. μελάγχρους, τῇ μ. μελίχροας</b>, in [[complexion]], Ptol.''Tetr.''143, 144.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[kind]], [[sort]], E. ''Ion'' 382, 1068 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 397c, etc. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. [[forma]] for morgu̯hmā, with [[f]] by dissimilation, cf. [[μύρμηξ]].)