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forma, ae, f. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-āmi, bear; dhar-i-man, figure; Gr. thra- in thrênus, thronos; cf. Lat. frētus, frēnum, fortis, etc.], form, in the most comprehensive sense of the word, contour, figure, shape, appearance (syn.: species, frons, facies, vultus; figura).

Lit.

In gen.: Ha. Earum nutrix, qua sit facie, mihi expedi. Mi. Statura haud magna, corpore aquilo. Ha. Ipsa ea'st. Mi. Specie venusta, ore parvo, atque oculis pernigris. Ha. Formam quidem hercle verbis depinxti mihi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf.:

quia semper eorum suppeditabatur facies et forma manebat,

Lucr. 5, 1175:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura, quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

forma ac species liberalis,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf. id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 1, 27, 76 sqq.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. N. D. 1, 10, 26: aspicite, o cives, senis Enni imagini' formam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1 ed. Vahl.):

hoc dico, non ab hominibus formae figuram venisse ad deos... Non ergo illorum humana forma, sed nostra divina dicenda est, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69; cf.:

Homeri picturam, non poesin videmus. Quae regio, quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114 (v. Moser ad h. l.):

eximia forma pueri,

id. ib. 5, 21, 61:

virgines formā excellente,

Liv. 1, 9, 11:

formā praestante puellae,

Ov. H. 3, 35:

forma viros neglecta decet,

id. A. A. 1, 509; cf.:

ut excellentem muliebris formae pulchritudinem muta in sese imago contineret,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

illa aetate venerabilis, haec formae pulchrituline,

Curt. 3, 11, 24:

virginem adultam, formā excellentem,

Liv. 3, 44, 4:

virginem maxime formā notam,

id. 4, 9, 4:

una et viginti formae litterarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93:

solis,

Lucr. 5, 571:

muralium falcium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5:

lanceae novae formae,

Suet. Dom. 10:

nova aedificiorum Urbis,

id. Ner. 16:

porticus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5:

forma et situs agri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

eādem cerā aliae atque aliae formae duci solent,

Quint. 10, 5, 9:

geometricae formae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

cum sit geometria divisa in numeros atque formas,

Quint. 1, 10, 35; cf.

also: Archimedes intentus formis, quas in pulvere descripserat,

Liv. 25, 31, 9:

dimidia circuli,

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:

clarissimorum virorum formae,

figures, images, Cic. Mil. 32, 86:

ille artifex, cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, etc.,

id. Or. 2, 9:

igneae formae,

i. e. fiery bodies, id. N. D. 2, 40, 101:

inque tori formam molles sternentur arenae,

in the shape, form, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47:

(sacellum) crudis laterculis ad formam camini,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

ut haec mulier praeter formam nihil ad similitudinem hominis reservarit,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199.—In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73:

formae ferarum,

id. ib. 2, 78:

ursi ac formae magnorum luporum,

Verg. A. 7, 18:

formae ingentis leo,

of great size, Just. 15, 4, 17; Tac. A. 4, 72.—

In partic.

Pregn., a fine form, beauty:

di tibi formam, di tibi divitias dederant,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. ib. 1, 6, 37:

movit Ajacem forma captivae Tecmessae,

id. C. 2, 4, 6; Quint. 2, 5, 12:

neque, ut laudanda, quae pecuniam suam pluribus largitur, ita quae formam,

id. 5, 11, 26; 5, 12, 17.—Prov.:

forma bonum fragile est,

Ov. A. A. 2, 113.—

An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.):

cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: domus erit egregia;

magis enim cerni jam poterat, quam quantum ex forma judicabamus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3 (2, 6, 2):

qua ludum gladiatorium aedificaturus erat,

Suet. Caes. 31.—

A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.:

utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

denarius formae publicae,

Sen. Ben. 5, 29; cf.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt, Tac. G. 5:

formas binarias, ternarias et quaternarias, et denarias etiam resolvi praecepit neque in usu cujusquam versari,

stamped money, coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; cf. Curt. 5, 2, 11:

si scalpra et formas non sutor (emat),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; cf.:

forma calcei,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3.—

A mould which gives form to something:

(caseus) vel manu figuratur vel buxeis formis exprimitur,

Col. 7, 8 fin.:

formae in quibus aera funduntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; hence, a frame, case, enclosure:

opus tectorium propter excellentiam picturae ligneis formis inclusum,

id. 35, 14, 49, § 173:

formas rivorum perforare,

i. e. the conduits, pipes, Front. Aquaed. 75:

aquaeductus,

Dig. 7, 1, 27.—Hence,

Transf., the aqueduct itself, Front. Aquaed. 126.—

A rescript, formulary (post-class., whereas the dimin. formula is predominant in this signif.):

ex eorum (amicorum) sententia formas composuit,

Capitol. Anton. 6; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 20.—

Item forma appellatur puls miliacea ex melle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.

Trop.

In gen., shape, form, nature, manner, kind:

ad me quasi formam communium temporum et totius rei publicae misisti expressam,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4; cf.:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

innumerabiles quasi formae figuraeque dicendi,

id. Or. 3, 9, 34:

cum, quae forma et quasi naturalis nota cujusque sit, describitur, ut, si quaeratur avari species, seditiosi, gloriosi,

id. de Or. 3, 29, 115; cf.:

quae sit in ea species et forma et notio viri boni,

id. Off. 3, 20, 81:

forma ingenii,

id. Brut. 85, 294:

rei publicae,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.:

exemplar formaque rei publicae,

id. Rep. 2, 11:

forma et species et origo tyranni,

id. ib. 2, 29:

forma rerum publicarum,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34 fin.:

officii,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

propositi,

Vell. 1, 16:

sollicitudinum,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

formam vitae inire,

id. ib. 1, 74:

secundum vulgarem formam juris,

Dig. 30, 1, 111:

scelerum formae,

Verg. A. 6, 626:

poenae,

id. ib. 615.—

In partic.

In philos. lang., like species, a sort, kind: nolim, ne si Latine quidem dici possit, specierum et speciebus dicere; et saepe his casibus utendum est: at formis et formarum velim... Genus et formam definiunt hoc modo: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens;

forma est notio, cujus differentia ad caput generis et quasi fontem referri potest. Formae igitur sunt hae, in quas genus sine ullius praetermissione dividitur, ut si quis jus in legem, morem, aequitatem dividat, etc.,

Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.:

genus et species, quam eandem formam Cicero vocat,

Quint. 5, 10, 62: a forma generis, quam interdum, quo planius accipiatur, partem licet nominare, hoc modo, etc.... Genus enim est uxor;

ejus duae formae: una matrumfamilias, altera earum, quae tantummodo uxores habentur,

Cic. Top. 4, 14:

quod haec (partitio) sit totius in partes, illa (divisio) generis in formas,

Quint. 5, 10, 63:

duae formae matrimoniorum,

id. 5, 10, 62.—

In gram.

The grammatical quality, condition of a word:

in quo animadvertito, natura quadruplicem esse formam, ad quam in declinando accommodari debeant verba, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 37 sq.; 101 sq. Müll.; Quint. 10, 1, 10.—

The grammatical form of a word:

utrum in secunda forma verbum temporale habeat in extrema syllaba AS an IS, ad discernendas dissimilitudines interest,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 109 Müll.:

aeditimus ea forma dictum, qua finitimus,

Gell. 12, 10, 1.

ōvum, i, n. [ôon, i. e. ÔWON].

Lit., an egg:

ovum parere,

to lay, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8:

edere,

Col. 8, 3, 4:

ponere,

Ov. M. 8, 258:

efferre,

Verg. G. 1, 379:

eniti,

Col. 8, 11, 8 sq.:

facere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 17:

pullos ex ovis excuderunt,

to hatch, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130 B. and K. (al. excluserunt):

incubare ova,

to sit on, brood on, hatch, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8; 12;

for which: incubare ovis,

Col. 8, 11, 14:

suppovere ova,

id. 8, 6, 1:

an pulli rostellis ova percuderint... nam saepe propter crassitudinem putaminum erumpere non queunt,

Col. 8, 5, 14:

quatenus in pullos animalis vertier ova cernimus alituum,

Lucr. 2, 927.—Also of the spawn of fish, etc.:

etsi pisces, ova cum genuerunt relinquunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

testudines autem et crocodilos dicunt... obruere ova,

id. ib. 2, 52, 129:

saepius et tectis penetralibus extulit ova... formica,

Verg. G. 1, 380; Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

ovi putamen,

an eggshell, Col. 8, 5, 14:

cortex ovi,

Ser. Samm. 28, 531.—The Romans usually began their meals with eggs and ended them with fruit; hence, integram famem ad ovum affero, until the egg, i. e. the beginning of the meal, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1; and:

ab ovo Usque ad mala citaret, Io Bacche!

i. e. from the beginning to the end, Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.—Acc. to the myth, Leda became pregnant by Jupiter, who visited her in the shape of a swan; she laid two eggs, one by Jupiter, and the other by Tyndarus; from the former of which were born Pollux and Helen, and from the latter Castor and Clytaemnestra;

hence, nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

Hor. A. P. 147: Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis, from the same egg, i. e. of the same parentage, id. S. 2, 1, 26.—In the circus seven wooden eggs were set up, one of which was removed at the completion of each circuit;

hence, non modo ovum illud sublatum est, quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2:

ova ad notas curriculis numerandis,

Liv. 41, 27, 6.—

Transf.

An egg-shell (as a measure), an egg-shellful, Plin. 22, 25, 67, § 137.—

An egg-shape, oval shape, oval, Calp. Ecl. 7, 34.

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bāca (less correctly bacca), ae, f. [acc. to Benfey, for bacsa, kindred with Sanscr. bhaksh, edere, vorare; cf. also bhaxa, food; but v. Vani[cbreve]ek, Etym. Wörterb. 2, p. 561], a small round fruit, a berry.

Lit.

In gen. (cf.:

acinus, glans): virgas murteas cum bacis servare,

Cato, R. R. 101; Ov. M. 11, 234:

lauri,

Verg. G. 1, 306:

tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98:

ebuli,

Verg. E. 10, 27:

cupressi,

Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115:

platani,

id. 15, 7, 7, § 29:

hyssopi,

id. 26, 12, 76, § 124 al. —

Esp. freq. the olive:

agricola cum florem oleae videt, bacam quoque se visurum putat,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; Hor. S. 2, 4, 69; id. Ep. 1, 16, 2; Ov. M. 6, 81; 8, 295; cf. Mart. 13, 101.—

Esp., absol., in the poets of the olive, Hor. C. 2, 6, 16:

quot Sicyon bacas, quot parit Hybla favos,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 10.—As sacred to Minerva:

ponitur hic bicolor sincerae baca Minervae,

Ov. M. 8, 664; 13, 653.—And of the fruit of the wild olive-tree, Ov. M. 14, 525; cf. Verg. G. 2, 183.—

Transf.

In gen., any fruit of a tree, * Lucr. 5, 1363:

arbores seret diligens agricola, quarum aspiciet bacam ipse numquam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

fruges terrae, bacaeque arborum,

id. Div. 1, 51, 116; so id. Sen. 2, 5: rami bacarum ubertate incurvescere, id. poët. ap. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. Rel. inc. inc. v. 135 Rib.); cf. id. de Or. 3, 38, 154:

semen inclusum est in intimā parte earum bacarum, quae ex quāque stirpe funduntur,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 127:

fruges atque bacae,

id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

felices,

Sil. 15, 535.—

A pearl:

marita, quae Onusta bacis ambulet,

Hor. Epod. 8, 14:

aceto Diluit insignem bacam,

id. S. 2, 3, 241; so Ov. M. 10, 116; 10, 265; Verg. Cul. 67; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 592; id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 167; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 88; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 528.—

The dung of sheep or goats, Pall. Jan. 14, 3.—

A link of a chain in the shape of a berry, Prud. steph. 1, 46; so id. Psych. prooem. 33.

con-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to form, fashion, shape symmetrically or skilfully (several times in Cic.; elsewhere very rare).

Prop.:

si mundum aedificatum esse, non a naturā conformatum putarem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 26:

ad majora quaedam nos natura genuit et conformavit,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 23: quercus conformata securi, * Cat. 19, 3:

(ursa) fetum lambendo conformat et fingit,

licks into shape, Gell. 17, 10, 3: ova in volucrum speciem, * Col. 8, 5, 10:

imaginem tauri,

Gell. 13, 9, 6.—

Trop.: puellam, Afran. ap. Non. p. 174, 32:

animum et mentem cogitatione hominum excellentium,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

ipse me conformo ad ejus voluntatem,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

mores,

id. Fin. 4, 2, 5; cf.:

liberos parente orbatos sibi et posteris,

Tac. A. 4, 8; Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

vocem hujus hortatu praeceptisque,

id. Arch. 1, 1; cf.

11, 3, 45:

orationem constructione verborum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 17 (but in Lucr. 4, 114, the right read. is confirmem).

dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring into form or shape; to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe (class.).

Lit.:

areas,

Cato R. R. 161; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:

marmora prima manu,

Quint. 5, 11, 30:

non flosculos sed certos ac deformatos fructus ostenderat,

full-formed, perfect, id. 6 prooem. §

9: tragicae (scenae) deformantur columnis et fastigiis et signis,

are delineated, represented, Vitr. 5, 8; cf.:

operis speciem exemplaribus pictis,

to represent in outline, to sketch, id. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

quae ita a fortuna deformata sunt, ut tamen a natura inchoata compareant,

Cic. Sull. 26, 73; cf. Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 11:

ille, quem supra deformavi,

have depicted, described, Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; Sen. Ben. 7, 2:

ministratio deformata litteris,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 7.

dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [forma; cf. deformis], to bring out of shape; to deform, disfigure; to spoil, mar (class.).

Lit.:

deformatus corpore, fractus animo,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3 sq.; cf.:

aerumnis deformatus,

Sall. J. 14, 7:

vultum macies deformat,

Verg. G. 4, 254:

membra veneno,

Sil. 2, 707:

capillos tonsura,

Ov. A. A. 1, 517; cf.:

canitiem multo pulvere,

Verg. A. 10, 844 (for which, id. ib. 12, 611, turpare; and Catull. 64, 224; and Ov. M. 8, 530, foedare):

parietes nudos ac deformatos reliquit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; cf. Liv. 37, 3: patriam turpissimis incendiis et ruinis, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 3; cf. Italiam, Auct. (Cicero?) ap. Quint. 9, 3, 31.—

Trop., to mar, disgrace, dishonor:

quae accusatores deformandi hujus causa dixerunt,

Cic. Cael. 2; cf.:

(rusticana illa parsimonia) deformata atque ornamentis omnibus spoliata,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

ordinem prava lectione (senatus),

Liv. 9, 30:

victoriam clade,

id. 33, 36 fin.; cf. id. 3, 71:

multa bona uno vitio,

id. 30, 14 fin.:

orationem (with lacerare),

Quint. 10, 7, 32:

domum,

Verg. A. 12, 805.

fīlum, i. n. (also filus, i, m., acc. to Arn. 1, 36 dub., plur. heterocl., fili, Luc. 6, 460) [for figlum, v. figo], a thread of any thing woven (of linen or woolen cloth, a cobweb, etc.).

Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 116, 6 (Ann. v. 259 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 30; Ov. A. A. 3, 445; id. M. 4, 36; Mart. 6, 3, 5; Cels. 7, 16:

lumen candelae cujus tempero filum,

wick, Juv. 3, 287:

tenuia aranei,

a web, Lucr. 3, 383:

tineae,

Ov. M. 15, 372.— Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates:

sororum fila trium,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al.— Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.):

omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—

In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the stemma of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.:

legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,

Liv. 1, 32, 6:

filo velatus,

Tib. 1, 5, 15.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre:

tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

the strings, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60; so,

lyrae,

id. M. 5, 118:

sonantia,

id. ib. 10, 89:

croci,

i. e. the stamen, id. F. 1, 342:

foliorum exilitas usque in fila attenuata,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30; 11, 15, 15, § 39. —

Plur., shreds, slices, remnants:

fila sectivi porri,

Juv. 14, 133:

porris fila resecta suis,

Mart. 11, 52:

fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri edisti,

id. 13, 18.—

I. q. crassitudo, the density, compactness, compact shape, or, in gen., contour, form, shape of an object:

forma quoque hinc solis debet filumque videri,

Lucr. 5, 571, v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; cf. id. 5, 581; 2, 341; 4, 88:

mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15:

corporis,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 4 Müll.; Gell. 1, 9, 2; Amm. 14, 11, 28:

forma atque filo virginali,

id. 14, 4, 2:

ingeniosus est et bono filo,

Petr. 46.—

Trop. (cf. the preced. no.), of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style (class.):

ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere (volui) levidense, crasso filo, cujusmodi ipsius solent esse munera,

i. e. of coarse texture, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; cf.:

argumentandi tenue filum,

id. Or. 36, 124:

tenui deducta poëmata filo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225; cf.:

gracili connectere carmina filo, Col. poët. 10, 227: paulo uberiore filo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

orationis,

id. ib. 3, 26, 103:

aliud quoddam filum orationis tuae (= oratio uberior),

id. Lael. 7, 25.

formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [forma], to shape, fashion, form (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 265:

materia, quam fingit et format effectio,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 6:

utcumque temperatus sit aër, ita pueros orientes animari atque formari,

id. Div. 2, 42, 89:

lapsos formare capillos,

to adjust, Prop. 1, 3, 23:

classem in Ida,

Verg. A. 9, 80:

vultus,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56:

e Pario formatum marmore signum,

Ov. M. 3, 419.— Absol.:

(individua corpora, i. e. atomi) formare, figurare, colorare, animare (se ipsa) non possent,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110.—

Trop., to shape, form, regulate, dispose, direct; to prepare, compose, etc. (in Cic. only with abstr. objects):

verba nos, sicut mollissimam ceram, ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

orationem,

id. ib. 2, 9, 36:

verba recte formare,

Quint. 1, 12, 9; 10, 7, 7:

ea quae inter se discrepant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 34:

eloquentiam,

Quint. 2, 10, 2:

actionem,

id. 11, 3, 180:

disciplinam filii,

id. 4 praef. § 1; cf.:

studia ejus, id. prooem. § 5: consuetudinem partim exercitationis assiduitate partim ratione formare,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 20:

mores,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

vitam et mores juventutis,

Plin. Pan. 47, 1:

custodireque in aetate prima pudorem,

Quint. 1, 2, 4:

nulla res magis penetrat in animos, eosque fingit, format, flectit, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 38, 142:

quae formabat canendo Heroum mentes,

Sil. 11, 452; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 10:

animum judicum,

id. 4, 1, 60:

mentes,

id. 2, 16, 10:

mores juventutis quam principaliter formas!

Plin. Pan. 47, 1; 88, 3:

epistolas orationesque et edicta alieno formabat ingenio,

Suet. Dom. 20; cf.:

si quid res exigeret, Latine formabat,

id. Aug. 89:

inventus est ejus de hac re sermo formatus,

id. Ner. 47:

personam formare nevam,

to invent, Hor. A. P. 126: versus meos cantat formatque citharā, qs. trims, embellishes them, Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 4:

cogitet oratorem institui, rem arduam, etiam cum ei formando nihil defuerit,

Quint. 1, 1, 10; cf.: (juvenis) ita a me formari et institui cupit, ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 3:

perfectum ora torem,

Quint. 2, 15, 33:

sapientem,

id. 1, 10, 5:

virum,

id. 12, 1, 44:

puerum dictis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 121:

feros cultus hominum recentum dictis,

id. C. 1, 10, 3:

tenerae nimis mentes asperioribus formandae studiis,

id. ib. 3, 24, 54:

poëtam (with alere),

id. A. P. 307:

format enim natura prius nos intus ad omnem Fortunarum habitum,

id. ib. 108:

ad credendum ante formatus,

Quint. 5, 7, 8; 7, 3, 14:

opus movendi judicum animos atque in eum quem volumus habitum formandi,

id. 6, 2, 1; 11, 1, 2:

at quae non tacita formavi gaudia mente,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 63:

se in mores alicujus,

Liv. 1, 21, 2: in admirationem formata, i. e. feigning, simulans, Suet. Claud. 37.