form (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of shape1. forma2. fĭgūra3. făcies, ēi, f. (v. FIGURE)II. A f. of words; ritual, ceremonyIII. A bench to sit onIV. The seat of a hare • form (subs.): I. Of shape: 1. forma: to change f.s, formas mutare, Ov.: the beauty of the female f., muliebris f. pulcritudo, Cic.: the f. and situation of the farm, f. et situs agri, Hor.: the f.s of the letters, f. literarum, Cic. Fig.: the f. of the constitution, f. reipublicae, Cic.: you behold indeed, the very f., and as it were the figure of what is honourable, f. quidem ipsam et tanquam faciem honesti vides, Cic. 2. fĭgūra: v. figure, shape. Fig.: the f. of style, f. orationis, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212: a thousand f.s of death present themselves to the mind, occurrunt animo pereundi mille f., Ov. Her. 10, 81. Grammatical: other nouns have five f.s, alia nomina quinque habent f., Varr. L. L. 9, 36, 52. 3. făcies, ēi, f. (v. figure): a wave rounded in the f. of a mountain, curvata in montis f. unda, Virg. G. 4, 361. Phr.: different f.s of government, *varia reipublicae genera; variae reipub. gerendae rationes: v. kind (subs.). II. A f. of words; ritual, ceremony: carmen, perscriptio: v. formula. Phr.: in due f., rītĕ., Liv. 1, 8, init.: Cic.: Hor.: for f.'s sake, dicis causâ: to pay a small sum of money for f.'s sake, aliquid numulorum dicis causa dare, Cic. Verr. 4, 24, 53: Ulp.: so, dicis gratia, Gai. Dig. 13, 6, 4; consuetudinis causâ, Cic. III. A bench to sit on: scamnum: v. bench: hence, by meton., a class in a school, classis: v. class. IV. The seat of a hare: *locus in quo insedit lepus.