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I. Of shape
1. forma
2. fĭgūra
3. făcies, ēi, f. (v. FIGURE)
II. A f. of words; ritual, ceremony
III. A bench to sit on
IV. 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.

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I. To construct, shape
1. formo, 1
2. conformo, 1 (strengthened from preced.)
3. fĭgūro, 1
4. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (as one moulding clay)
5. confingo, 3 (strengthened from preced.)
6. effingo, 3
II. To make, produce
1. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3
2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3
3. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to construct by a plan)
III. To arrange troops
IV. To constitute (milit. t. t.)
V. In fig. sense, to enter upon, conceive
1. ĭneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4, irr.
2. căpio, 3 (esp. with consilium)

• form (v.):

I. To construct, shape:

1. formo, 1: to f., shape, colour, animate, bodies (of the atoms), corpora f., figurare, colorare, animare, Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110. Fig.: to f. the life and manners of youth, vitam et mores juventutis f., Plin. Pan.: to f. any one's character, aliquem f. et instituere, Sen. Ep. 112, 1: v. to shape, mould.
2. conformo, 1 (strengthened from preced.): nature produced and f.'d us for some greater purposes, ad majora quaedam natura nos genuit et c., Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23. Fig.: to f. one's soul and mind by reflecting on distinguished men, animum et mentem cogitatione hominum excellentium c., Cic. Arch. 6, extr.
3. fĭgūro, 1: to f. the world of a (certain) shape, mundum forma (quadam) f., Cic.: v. to shape.
4. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (as one moulding clay): nature herself has f.'d you a great and high-principled man, finxit te ipsa natura magnum hominem et excelsum, Cic. Mur. 39, 60: v. to mould, fashion.
5. confingo, 3 (strengthened from preced.): to f. honey-combs and wax, c. favos et ceras, Plin. 11, 5, 4: to f. (build) nests, nidos c., Plin.: to f. a word, verbum c., Varr.
6. effingo, 3: v. to fashion.

II. To make, produce:

1. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: the Mosa f.s the island of the Batavi, Mosa insulam ef. Batavorum, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: an island f.s a harbour by the projection of its sides, insula portum ef. objectu laterum, Virg. Aen. 1, 160.
2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to f. cohorts, cohortes f., Caes. B. C. 3, 87: to f. an army, exercitum f., Vell.
3. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to construct by a plan): by his advice the triple harbour of Piraeus was f.'d, hujus consilio triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est, Nep.: v. to construct, establish.

III. To arrange troops: instruo, ordĭno: v. to draw up. As verb refl.: to deploy in order for battle: explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (usu. with refl. pron. or in pass.): the cavalry began to f. in squadrons, equites se turmatim ex. coeperunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: before the legions could f. and take up their position, priusquam legiones explicari et consistere possent, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: the Etruscans hardly had time to f. in line, vix explicandi ordinis spatium Etruscis fuit, Liv. 2, 46: v. to unfold, deploy.
IV. To constitute (milit. t. t.): Phr.: the Numidians f.'d the left wing, sinistrum cornu Numidae tenuerunt, Liv. 30, 33, med.: so that both wings might be f.'d of Africans, ita ut Afrorum utraque cornua essent, Liv. 22, 46: v. to consist of.
V. In fig. sense, to enter upon, conceive:

1. ĭneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4, irr.: to f. a plan, consilium in., Caes.: Sall.: Cic.: to f. an alliance with any one, societatem cum aliquo in., Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, med.: to f. an estimate, aestimationem in., Sen. Ben. 3, 8, fin.
2. căpio, 3 (esp. with consilium): v. plan. Phr.: to f. (ambitious) designs upon a foreign kingdom, peregrinum regnum moliri, Liv. 1, 47, init.: comp. Cic. Rep. 2, 35, de occupando regno moliens: simly, regnum affectare, Liv. 1, 46, init.: to f. a friendship with any one, se ad amicitiam alicujus conferre; amicitiam et consuetudinem (intimacy) cum aliquo conjungere, Cic. (v. friendship).

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v. TRANS., (A) PROPR., formare (to give anything the definite shape that it must have, if it is to be recognized for what it is intended to represent): conformare (to form anything with an harmonious arrangement and proportion of its parts): figurare (to give anything the shape that is suitable to its destination): fingere: confingere (to give a definite shape to a shapeless mass). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fingere et formare: formam alicujus rei facere; of anything out of anything, all ex aliqua re: fabricari (to compose of its necessary elementary or component parts). Of these collected cohorts he formed a legion, bis legionibus coactis legionem efficit: to form words, verba fabricari; verba fingere or formare; arbitrarily, ad arbitrium suum: to form letters, litteras scribere (☞ not formare): very beautiful and clearly formed (characters), compositissimae et clarissimae (literulae, Cic.): a stone that has formed itself in the bladder, lapis in vesica innatus. (B) IMPROPR., (α) To imprint on anything the character it should have, especially in a moral and intellectual sense, fingere: formare: conformare: colere, excolere (to cultivate): expolire (to take off the rough exterior): instituere (to give the necessary instruction in a particular department); to anything, ad aliquid. To form the mind, animum, mentem fingere or conformare; animum colere, excolere (doctrina): to form the character, mores conformare: to form the minds of youth, puerilem aetatem ad humanitatem informare (general term, to form their manners, character, etc.); juventutem ad honestatem fingere, juventutis mentem ad virtutem fingere (to render morally good, virtuous): to form anybody’s character, aliquem formare et instituere: to form an orator, oratorem efficere or instituere: to form one’s self after anybody’s example, se formare in alicujus mores; exemplum capere or sumere de aliquo (to take anybody as an example).
(β) To arrange, ordinare: in ordinem adducere or redigere: disponere (to assign to each part its proper place): componere (to compose, put together in an agreeable form): collocare: constituere (to bring or put into a proper condition): describere (to draw a plan of anything): explicare (to develope): copias ordinare (to form the ranks of the troops), or disponere (i. e., to point out to each single soldier his place and rank; Vid: Nep., Iph., 2, 2, “in eam consuetudinem adduxit copias, ut, sine ducis opera, sic ordinatae consisterent, ut singuli ab peritissimo imperatore dispositi essent”): to form the battalions for the attack, copias or aciem instruere: to form the line of march, *agmen ordinare (to form it as it is to march); agmen explicare (to formthe soldiers again into a line, after having been thrown into confusion on a march): to form a council, consilium constituere.
To constitute; e.g., to form the right wing, dextrum cornu tenere.
MISCELLANEOUS PHRASES: to form a notion of anything, aliquid mente fingere or formare; informare in animo alicujus rei notionem; notionem alicujus rei animo concipere; aliquid animo effingere; alicujus rei notionem mente fingere: not to be able to form any notion of anything, fugit aliquid intelligentiae nostras vim et notionem: to form a plan of anything, instituere rationem alicujus rei (i. e., to conceive or lay down a plan; e.g., for a work, operis): to form some plan respecting anything, consilium capere or inire de re: to form a plan of one’s own, consilium capere sibi separatim a reliquis; great projects, magna moliri: to form an attachment to anybody, amore suo aliquem amplecti, prosequi; a friendship with anybody, amicitiam cum aliquo conciliare, constituere (Quint., Cic., Pet. Cons., 7, 27), inire, sibi parere (Nep.); ad amicitiam alicujus se conferre, se applicare, se adjungere: many friendships are formed, multae amicitiae comparantur (Quint., Cic., Pet., Cons., 7, 25): to form an acquaintance with anybody, aliquem cognoscere: we have but lately formed an acquaintance, notitia inter nos nuper ad modum est (comedy): to form plots against anybody, facere insidias alicui: I will not contradict the good opinion that you have formed of me, non fallam opinionem tuam.
INTRANS., Of troops, se explicare: the troops formed of their own accord, sine praecepto ullius sua sponte stiuebatur acies (Liv., 9, 31).

s. figura (the shape, with reference to its outline; the shape, considered merely mathematically, without reference to color, beauty, etc., σχῆμα): forma (μορφή, the form, considered aesthetically, as the visible outward expression of the internal or real nature of anything, to which it corresponds; hence often = pleasing form, beauty, especially of a maiden): species (εἶδος, the shape, considered physically, as being the outward form that conceals the internal nature, to which it is opposed; hence, also, of a form appearing in a vision. Thus figura denotes only the outlines or lineaments; forma, or at least species, takes in the color, magnitude, etc.; Döderlein): facies (the natural quality in which anything corporeal presents itself, the whole exterior of a body, the whole form): statura (form in respect of length, breadth, and thickness, in which, however, the last two are subordinate): habitus (with and without corporis, σχῆμα, the natural constitution and form of body; opposed to cultus; not to be confounded with habitudo; i. e., external habit, ἕξις, in respect of form; hence Apul., Met., 9, p. 235, 35, sq., says, quidam procerus, et, ut indicabat habitus atque habitudo, miles e legione, etc.). To express the notion more closely, we also find figura et forma, forma ac figura; forma figuraque; figura et species; forma atque species; species atque figura (or forma); figura atque habitus: and Cic., Fin., 5, 12, 35, says, corporis nostri figura et forma et statura; but also frequently (as N.D., 1, 32, 90) formae figura. The beautiful form of anything, pulchritudo ac species alicujus rei: a human form, species humana: in human form, specie humana indutus (of gods): in the form of a D, in similitudinem D litterae circumactus (e.g., of a porticus): to give anything the form of anything, aliquid in formam alicujus rei redigere: to take, assume, or adopt the form of anything, speciem alicujus rei induere (so that one looks like anything); mutari in aliquem or aliquid (so that one is changed into any person or thing): to receive a form, formari; fingi; confingi; fingi et formari; formam induere: to adopt or receive another form, mutari (PROP. and figuratively). A letter (epistle) of unusual form, litterae inusitate scriptae: in the form of a memorandum-book, ad paginas et formam memorialis libelli (Suet., Caes., 55).
(Religious) forms, ritus, uum. Vid: CEREMONIES.

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I. abstr.: forma (im allg. ...
II. konkr.: forma (Modell, Leisten). ...

Form,

I. abstr.: forma (im allg., sowohl = Gestalt [s. das. die Synon.], als = Wortform, als = Gestaltung, Art und Weise).
species (die äußere Erscheinung).
modus (das Maß = die Art u. Weise; u. gramm. t. t. = die Form des Verbums).
consuetudo, mos alcis rei (die Gewohnheit, Sitte = herkömmliche F.).
die schöne, gefällige F., formositas.
in der F. eines Liedes, carmine conceptus (in der F. von Liedern, carminibus concepti): in poetischer F., in poëticos numeros redactus.
bloß der F. wegen, consuetudinis od. moris causā (bl. des Herkommens, der Sitte wegen); dicis causā (nur zum Scheine, Ggstz. revera): nicht einmal der (täuschenden) F. wegen, ne simulandi quidem causā.
in der F. Rechtens, in gesetzlicher F., iure (z.B. rogare populum); ex lege (z.B. agere cum alqo).
in F. von etc., durch bl. Abl. Gerundii, z.B. in F. eines Vorwurfs, increpando.
od. durch in m. Abl. des Worts, das die in Rede stehende Form gibt, z.B. die Beschlüsse in F. von schriftlichen Belobungen schicken, in libellis laudationum decreta mittere.

II. konkr.: forma (Modell, Leisten).

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