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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• shape (subs.):
    1. I. Form or figure:
      1. 1. forma: v. form.
      2. 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. 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. 4. fĭgūrātio (late; not in Cic.): Plin. 11, 37, 88.
      5. 5. făcies: v. form.
    2. II. An external appearance, shadowy outline: sĭmŭlācrum, forma: v. form, phantom.
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• shape (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To form or create: formo, conformo, fingo, fĭgūro, etc.: v. to form.
    2. II. To mould or make into a particular form:
      1. 1. formo, 1: matter which the efficient cause s.s, materia quam format effectio, Cic. Acad. 1, 2, 6. Fig.: we s. and fashion words like the softest wax to our will, verba nos, sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177: to s. a speech, orationem f., ib. 2, 9, 36. Comp. (1). conformo, 1. if I thought that the world had been built, not shaped by nature, si mundum aedificatum esse, non a natura conformatum putarem, id. N. D. 3, 10, fin. Fig.: to s. the mind and intellect by reflection on excellent men, animum et mentem cogitatione hominum excellentium c., id. Arch. 6, fin. (2). dēformo, 1 (less freq.): to s. marbles, marmora d., Quint. 5, 11, 30: Cic. Sull. 26, 73 (in fig. sense). (3). informo, 1; to s. a shield, Virg. Aen. 8, 447.
      2. 2. fingo, finxi, nctum, 3: v. to mould.
      3. 3. fĭgŭro, 1: he s.s the world in that form in which alone all other forms are contained, mundum ea forma figurat qua una omnes reliquae formae concluduntur, Cic. Tim. 6, init. Phr.: to s. one's course: s. your course towards the groves ..., cursum dirigite in lucos ..., Virg. Aen. 6, 194.
  2. B. Intrans.: Phr.: to s. well for anything: expr. by prōmitto, etc.: v. to promise (III.).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SHAPE
1. s. figura: forma: species. (The words are found in this connection and order.) figura et forma; forma figuraque; figura et species; forma atque species; species atque figura or forma. SYN. and PHR. in FORM.
2. v. formare: conformare: figurare: fingere: confingere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) fingere et formare: formam alicujus rei facere. [SYN. in FORM.] To shape one’s course, cursum dirigere aliquo.