deformem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deformo, deformare, deformavi, deformatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
design/shape/fashion/model; outline; describe, sketch in words, delineate;; disfigure, spoil, impair; (appearance); discredit, disgrace, bring shame on;; transform (into something less beautiful); lay out, arrange (plan of action);
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →deformis, deforme, deformior -or -us, deformissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deformed/illformed/misshapen/disfigured; shameful/degrading/base; ugly/loathsome; inappropriate/unseemly/offending good taste; shapeless/lacking definite shape;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quam continuis et quantis longa senectus plena malis! deformem et taetrum ante omnia uultum dissimilemque sui, deformem..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...homine iracundo.' 6. Velut stupens gestum illum saeuituri deformem sapienti uiro seruabat, oblitus iam serui, quia alium quem..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...verba alligare, cum oblivio unius eorum cuiuslibet aut deformem haesitationem aut etiam silentium indicat, tutiusque multo comprehensis animo..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sensu et elocutione dissolveris, hoc orationem magis deformem fore, quia neglegentia conlocationis ipsa verborum luce deprenditur. XVI. Itaque..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...minus est, qualia sunt: "o scelus abominandum, o deformem libidinem". XLI. Exornatur autem res tota maxime tralationibus: "cupiditas..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praecipua siderum aliquando et nocere? Num igitur negabitur deformem Pyrrhi pacem Caecus ille Appius dicendi uiribus diremisse..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...decurrere campo Oenomaum sua Pisa refert; Acheloon utroque deformem cornu uagus infamabat Acarnan. Perseos effigiem maestam exorantque Mycenae..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aliamque orationem non tam honorificam audientibus quam sibi deformem habuisse. moratus circa urbem triginta haud amplius dies..."
