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dēformĭtas , ātis, f. deformis, no. I.,
I.deformity, ugliness (good prose).
I. Lit. (physically): “quae si in deformitate corporis habet aliquid offensionis, quanta illa depravatio et foeditas animi debet videri?” Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; cf. of mutilation, Amm. 14, 7, 16: “in tanta deformitate,” hideousness, Liv. 2, 23; Quint. 2, 13, 12 al.: “aedificiorum,” Suet. Ner. 38.—
II. Trop. (morally), baseness, vileness, deformity of character: “an corporis pravitates habebunt aliquid offensionis, animi deformitas non habebit?” Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51; id. Att. 9, 10, 2; id. de Or. 1, 34, 156; Sen. Ben. 1, 10, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 12; 8, 3, 48.—Plur.: “verba meretricum vitia atque deformitates significantia,” Gell. 3, 3, 6 et saep.—
B. An uncouth style: “rusticitas et rigor et deformitas adferunt frigus,” Quint. 6, 1, 37.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.10.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.34
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.59
    • Suetonius, Nero, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 23
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 1.10.2
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.19
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 13.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.37
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.48
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.3.6
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