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|lshtext=<b>formōsus</b>: (FORMONSVS, Inscr. Grut. 669, 10;<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.