formosis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."