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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">form, shape</b>, twice in Hom. (not in Hes.), <b class="b3">σοὶ δ' ἔπι μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων</b> thou hast <b class="b2">comeliness</b> of words, <span class="bibl">Od.11.367</span> (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 <b class="b2">shapeliness</b> to his words, <span class="bibl">Od.8.170</span>: freq. later, μορφὰς δύο ὀνομάζειν <span class="bibl">Parm.8.53</span>; μορφὴν ἀλλάξαντα <span class="bibl">Emp.137.1</span>; μορφὰν βραχύς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).53</span>; <b class="b3">μορφῆς μέτρα</b> <b class="b2">shape</b> and size, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1063</span>: periphr., μορφῆς φύσις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>496</span>; <b class="b3">μορφῆς σχῆμα, τύπωμα</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>992</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>162</span>; τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σχήματος μορφήν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>640b34</span>; καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μ. μία <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>212</span>; <b class="b3">ὀνειράτων ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">449</span>; νυκτέρων φαντασμάτων ἔχουσι μορφάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>312</span>; προὔπεμψεν ἀντὶ φιλτάτης μ. σποδόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1159</span>; of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.1.12</span> (pl.); esp. with ref. to <b class="b2">beauty of form</b>, ὑπέρφατον μορφᾷ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.65</span>; <b class="b3">οἷς ποτιστάξῃ χάρις εὐκλέα μ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">6.76</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>42 (1).121.119 (Epid., iv B. C.), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">To.</span>1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.1.6</span>, etc.; σῶμα μορφῆς ἐμῆς <span class="title">OGI</span>383.41 (Commagene, i B. C.); <b class="b3">μορφῆς εἰκόνας</b> ib.27; <b class="b3">χαρακτῆρα μορφῆς ἐμῆς</b> ib.60. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">form, fashion, appearance</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>78</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>699</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>199</span> (lyr.); <b class="b2">outward form</b>, opp. εἶδος, ἑκατέρω τῶ εἴδεος πολλαὶ μ. <span class="bibl">Philol.5</span>; ἀλλάττοντα τὸ αὑτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>380d</span>; μ. θεῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>2.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>304</span>; ἡρώων εἴδεα καὶ μορφάς <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1193</span>; <b class="b3">κατά τε μορφὰς καὶ φωνάς</b> <b class="b2">gesticulations</b> and cries, <span class="bibl">D.H.14.9</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν μ. μελάγχρους, τῇ μ. μελίχροας</b>, in <b class="b2">complexion</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>143</span>, <span class="bibl">144</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">kind, sort</b>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span> 382</span>, <span class="bibl">1068</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>397c</span>, etc. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. <b class="b2">forma</b> for <b class="b2">morg[uglide]hmā</b>, with <b class="b2">f</b> by dissimilation, cf. [[μύρμηξ]].)</span>

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