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1 deformis
dē-formis, e ( abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. [forma; cf. 2. deformo].I.Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.:* Poet. a.taeter, foedus, turpis—freq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,
Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:deformem esse natum,
id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.:calvitio quoque deformis,
Suet. Dom. 18;and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),
Gell. 5, 11, 11:opus non deforme,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5:nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf.patria,
id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:solum patriae belli malis,
Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8:agmen (sc. inerme),
Liv. 9, 6:turba,
id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35:spectaculum,
Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf.aspectus (opp. species honesta),
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:motus statusve,
id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.:oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,
Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15:blanditiae,
id. 8, 3, 65:convicia,
id. 6, 4, 10:libido,
id. 8, 6, 40:haesitatio,
id. 11, 2, 48:obsequium,
servile, Tac. A. 4, 20:aegrimonia,
Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.:deforme et servile est caedi discentes,
Quint. 1, 3, 14;so with a subject-clause,
id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.— N. plur. as subst.:deformia meditari,
shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—b.Inelegantly; disgracefully:* II.sonat junctura,
Quint. 8, 3, 45:dicet multa,
id. 11, 1, 82:vivo,
Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —Shapeless:animae,
Ov. M. 2, 554.
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