formose
Dictionary entries
- Entry →formosus, formosa -um, formosior -or -us, formosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beautiful, finely formed, handsome, fair; having fine appearance/form;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →formose, formosius, formosissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beautifully, in a beautiful manner;
Examples
- P
Ecloga VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...montibus altis: saepius at si me, Lycida formose, reuisas, fraxinus in siluis cedat tibi, pinus in hortis. Meliboeus..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ante alias; nam me discedere flevit et longum 'formose, vale, vale,' inquit, Iolla. Damoetas Triste lupus stabulis, maturis..." - P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses? o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori; alba ligustra cadunt, vaccinia..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...spina relicta rosa. Et tibi iam venient cani, formose, capilli, Iam venient rugae, quae tibi corpus arent..."