FORMATION Copy link • FORMATIONconformatio (e.g., lineamentorum; of words, verborum or vocum): figura: species: forma (form). (The words are found in this connection and order.) conformatio et figura (e.g., of the whole face or body, totius oris et corporis): ☞ formatio rare; Vitr., of a sketch, etc. The formation of words, fictio nominum, vocum. With reference to the character, etc., cultus: educatio: disciplina (by education and instruction): institutio (in a particular department): ☞ formatio morum, post-classical, Sen.