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-formis , e (
I.abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. forma; cf. 2. deformo.
I. Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.: “taeter, foedus, turpisfreq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: “deformem esse natum,id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.: “calvitio quoque deformis,Suet. Dom. 18; “and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),Gell. 5, 11, 11: “opus non deforme,Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5: “nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf. “patria,id. Fam. 4, 9, 3: “solum patriae belli malis,Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8: “agmen (sc. inerme),Liv. 9, 6: “turba,id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35: “spectaculum,Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf. “aspectus (opp. species honesta),Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: “motus statusve,id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.: “oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15: “blanditiae,id. 8, 3, 65: “convicia,id. 6, 4, 10: “libido,id. 8, 6, 40: “haesitatio,id. 11, 2, 48: “obsequium,servile, Tac. A. 4, 20: “aegrimonia,Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.: “deforme et servile est caedi discentes,Quint. 1, 3, 14; “so with a subject-clause,id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.—N. plur. as subst.: “deformia meditari,shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—* Poet. with gen.: “deformis leti,Sil. 1, 166.—Adv. (post-Aug.): dēformĭ-ter .
a. Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—
b. Inelegantly; disgracefully: “sonat junctura,Quint. 8, 3, 45: “dicet multa,id. 11, 1, 82: “vivo,Suet. Ner. 49.—Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —*
II. Shapeless: “animae,Ov. M. 2, 554.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (34):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.9.3
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.23.5
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 3.6
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.554
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 35
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 18
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.15
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.20
    • Suetonius, Nero, 49
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.24
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.23.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 44
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 26.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 3
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.34
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.12
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.35
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 3.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 4.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.45
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.65
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 6.40
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.72
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.82
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.48
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.81
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.11.11
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.2.6
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.24
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