shape (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Form or figure1. forma2. conformātio3. fĭgūra. the s. and form of our body, f. et forma corporis nostri, id. Fin. 5, 12, 354. fĭgūrātio (late; not in Cic.)5. făciesII. An external appearance, shadowy outline • shape (subs.): I. Form or figure: 1. forma: v. form. 2. conformātio: the s. and figure of the whole face and body, c. atque figura totius oris et corporis, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114. 3. fĭgūra. the s. and form of our body, f. et forma corporis nostri, id. Fin. 5, 12, 35: bisons have the look and colour and s. of a bull, uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri, Caes. B. G. 6, 28, init. 4. fĭgūrātio (late; not in Cic.): Plin. 11, 37, 88. 5. făcies: v. form. II. An external appearance, shadowy outline: sĭmŭlācrum, forma: v. form, phantom.