formosi
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...attrectabatur, sed illum sibi ipsi sine ullo artifice formosi quatiebant, non aliter quam iubam generosa animalia..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ortus altaque caeruleum dum Nerea nesciet Arctos, candida formosi uenerabimur ora Lyaei. Oedipvs Etsi ipse uultus flebiles praefert..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...radiat genis momento rapitur nullaque non dies formosi spolium corporis abstulit. res est forma fugax: quis sapiens bono..." - P
Ecloga V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...siluis hinc usque ad sidera notus formosi pecoris custos formosior ipse. Menalcas Tale tuom carmen nobis, diuine poeta..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Epicurus se nescire quid sit bonum; adsint etiam formosi pueri, qui ministrent, respondeat his vestis, argentum, Corinthium, locus..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vincere malit, atque ita 'quis deus hunc formosis' inquit 'iniquus perdere vult caraeque iubet discrimine vitae coniugium petere..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tuas; nutu quoque signa remittis et, quantum motu formosi suspicor oris, verba refers aures non pervenientia nostras! iste..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...praefertur nobis sanguine pastus eques! hunc potes amplecti formosis, vita, lacertis? huius in amplexu, vita, iacere potes..."