formosus

From LSJ

Δύσμορφος εἴην μᾶλλον ἢ καλὸς κακός → Turpi forma esse malim, quam pulcher malus → Ach, wär ich lieber missgeformt als schön und schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 117

Latin > English

formosus formosa -um, formosior -or -us, formosissimus -a -um ADJ :: beautiful, finely formed, handsome, fair; havng fine appearence/form

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.

Latin > Chinese

formosus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 美者華美俏麗丰姿俊秀者

Translations

beautiful

Afrikaans: mooi; Albanian: i bukur; Amharic: ቆንጆ; Arabic: جَمِيل‎; Egyptian Arabic: جميل‎; Moroccan Arabic: غزال‎, جميل‎, زوين‎; Aramaic: שפירא‎; Armenian: գեղեցիկ, սիրուն; Assamese: ধুনীয়া, ভাল লগা, সুন্দৰ; Asturian: guapu, guapa, formosu, formosa; Avar: берцинаб; Azerbaijani: gözəl, qəşəng, yaraşıqlı; Bashkir: матур; Belait: jie batien; Belarusian: выдатны, прыгожы, харошы, красі́вы, урадлі́вы, файны; Bengali: সুন্দর, খুবসুরত, হাসিন; Bikol Central: magayon; Breton: brav, kaer; Brunei Bisaya: bagak; Brunei Malay: bisai; Bulgarian: красив, прекрасен; Burmese: လှသော, လှပ; Buryat: һайхан; Catalan: bell, bella, formós, formósa, bonic, bonica; Cebuano: matahom, maanyag; Central Dusun: olumis; Chamicuro: pya'c̈homa, pewa puti'na; Chechen: хаза; Chinese Cantonese: 靚, 靓, 好睇, 漂亮, 美麗, 美丽; Dungan: җүн, җүн-ён, җиҗүн, җүнмый; Mandarin: 漂亮, 美, 好看, 美麗, 美丽; Min Dong: 俊, 漂亮; Min Nan: 媠, 美麗, 美丽, 好看, 媠噹噹, 媠当当; Teochew: 雅; Wu: 漂亮, 好看; Coastal Kadazan: olumis; Coptic: ⲛⲉⲥⲉ; Cornish: teg; Czech: krásný, pěkný, sličný; Dalmatian: bial; Danish: smuk; Dutch: mooi, schoon; Esperanto: bela; Estonian: kaunis, ilus; Faroese: vakur, penur, fagur; Fijian: totoka; Finnish: kaunis; French: beau, belle; Friulian: biel, biele; Georgian: მშვენიერი, ლამაზი, ტურფა, საუცხოო, საყვარელი, მომხიბლავი, მიმზიდველი, სასიამოვნო, სანდომიანი, წარმტაცი, თვალწარმტაცი, კოხტა, მოხდენილი, პირმშვენიერი; German: schön; Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃; Greek: ωραίος, όμορφος; Ancient Greek: ἀξιόμορφος, εἰδάλιμος, εὐειδής, εὔμορφος, εὐπρεπής, εὐπρόσωπος, εὐφυής, εὐωπός, ἰδήρατος, καλλίμορφος, καλοειδής, καλός, περικαλλής, ὡραῖος; Gujarati: સુંદર; Hebrew: יָפֶה‎, יָפָה‎; Hindi: ख़ूबसूरत, सुन्दर; Hungarian: szép, gyönyörű; Hunsrik: scheen; Icelandic: fallegur, fagur; Ido: bela; Indonesian: indah, cantik, ayu, molek, cakep; Interlingua: belle; Irish: álainn, spéiriúil, dathúil, galánta; Istriot: biel, biela; Italian: bello, bella, affascinante, incantevole, meraviglioso; Japanese: 美しい, 綺麗, 素敵; Jingpho: tsawm; Kabuverdianu: bunitu, benite; Kannada: ಸುಂದರ; Kazakh: әдемі, әсем; Khanty: хурамӑӈ; Khmer: ស្អាត, ល្អ; Korean: 아름답다; Kunigami: 清ーらせん; Kurdish Central Kurdish: جوان‎, ئێسک سووک‎; Northern Kurdish: xweşik, spehî; Kyrgyz: сулуу, көркөм, кооз, сонун, чырайлуу, чырай жүздүү, сулуу, укмуштай, укмуштай, ажайып, көйүткөн; Laboya: jorro; Ladino: ermozo, ermoza; Lao: ງາມ, ງ້ອມ, ຈຸບຸ, ຊະແລບ; Latin: pulcher, formosus, bellus; Latvian: skaists, daiļš, glīts; Limburgish: sjoen; Lithuanian: gražus; Lombard: bel, bèll; Low German: schöön, scheun; Lü: ᦇᦱᧄ; Macedonian: убав, прекрасен; Malay: cantik, indah, molek; Malayalam: സുന്ദരം; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᡴᠠᠨ, ᡥᠣᠴᡳᡴᠣᠨ; Manx: aalin, bwaagh, bwoyagh; Maori: waiwaiā, pīwari, hūmārie, hūmārire, purotu, rerehua, tau, ātanga, ātaahua; Marathi: सुंदर; Mazanderani: قشنگ‎, خجیر‎; Middle English: beautevous, wynsom; Mongolian: сайхан, гуа, үзэсгэлэнтэй; Mòcheno: schea'; Navajo: nizhóní, nizhóní yeeʼ; Norman: bieau, belle; Northern Occitan: bèl, bèla, bèu; Okinawan: 清らさん, 美らさん; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: ⰾⱑⱂⱏ; Glagolitic: лѣпъ, красьнъ; Old East Slavic: лѣпъ, красьнъ; Old English: fæġer; Old Javanese: bĕcik; Old Norse: fagr; Old Occitan: bel; Oriya: ସୁନ୍ଦର; Pashto: ښکلی‎; Persian: زیبا‎, قشنگ‎; Plautdietsch: schmock, scheen; Polish: piękny, fajny; Portuguese: belo, bela, bonito, bonita, lindo, linda; Punjabi: ਸੁਹਣਾ; Quechua: sumaq, şumag, k'acha; Romagnol: bël; Romani: śukar; Romanian: frumos, frumoasă; Romansch: bel, bella, bi, biala; Russian: красивый, прекрасный, пригожий, лепый; Sanskrit: सुन्दर, सुरूप, मञ्जु; Sardinian: bedhu, bedha, bellu, bella; Scottish Gaelic: àlainn, bòidheach, brèagha, fèilleil, grinn, maiseach, rìomhach, sgèimheach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ле̑п, лије̑п, лип; Roman: lȇp, lijȇp, lip; Shan: ႁၢင်ႈလီ; Sicilian: beddu, bedda; Sidamo: xuʼma; Sinhalese: ලස්සන, සුන්දර; Slovak: krásny, pekný; Slovene: lep; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: rědny; Spanish: hermoso, bello, lindo, guapo, bonito; Sudovian: grazi, skaista; Swahili: zuri; Swedish: fin, vacker; Tagalog: maganda; Tajik: зебо, хушрӯ; Talysh: ğəşəng, reçin, rəvoşin, xos, cıvon; Tamil: அழகிய; Tatar: матур, гүзәл; Telugu: అందమైన, చక్కని; Thai: สุนทร, สวย, งาม; Tocharian B: kartse; Toku-No-Shima: 清らさい; Tswana: -ntle; Turkish: güzel; Turkmen: görmegeý, gözel, gelşikli; Tutong: lawa'; Ukrainian: вродливий, красивий, гарний, хороший, файний, красний; Urdu: خوبصورت‎, سندر‎; Uyghur: گۈزەل‎; Uzbek: yoqimli, goʻzal; Venetian: beło, beła; Vietnamese: đẹp, xinh đẹp; Volapük: jönik, lejönik; Walloon: bea, bele; Welsh: hardd, prydferth; West Coast Bajau: lawa'; West Frisian: moai, kreas; Westrobothnian: skönat, vakker; Yiddish: שיין‎; Zhuang: baenzsau, gacae, giengh