formonsus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →formonsus, formonsa -um, formonsior -or -us, formonsissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beautiful, finely formed, handsome, fair; having fine appearance/form;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...toto notior orbe puer, sic etiam positis formonsus amere capillis et placeat uati nulla puella tuo: paulisper domini..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nemo. Si quando leporem mittis mihi, Gellia, dicis: "Formonsus septem, Marce, diebus eris." Si non derides, si uerum..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...animalibus satisque communia sunt. Valet: et leones. Formonsus est: et pavones. Velox est: et equi. Non dico..."