I.to bring out of shape; to deform, disfigure; to spoil, mar (class.).
I. Lit.: “deformatus corpore, fractus animo,” Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3 sq.; cf.: “aerumnis deformatus,” Sall. J. 14, 7: “vultum macies deformat,” Verg. G. 4, 254: “membra veneno,” Sil. 2, 707: “capillos tonsura,” Ov. A. A. 1, 517; cf.: “canitiem multo pulvere,” Verg. A. 10, 844 (for which, id. ib. 12, 611, turpare; and Catull. 64, 224; and Ov. M. 8, 530, foedare): “parietes nudos ac deformatos reliquit,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; cf. Liv. 37, 3: patriam turpissimis incendiis et ruinis, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 3; cf. Italiam, Auct. (Cicero?) ap. Quint. 9, 3, 31.—
II. Trop., to mar, disgrace, dishonor: “quae accusatores deformandi hujus causa dixerunt,” Cic. Cael. 2; cf.: “(rusticana illa parsimonia) deformata atque ornamentis omnibus spoliata,” id. Quint. 30, 92: “ordinem prava lectione (senatus),” Liv. 9, 30: “victoriam clade,” id. 33, 36 fin.; cf. id. 3, 71: “multa bona uno vitio,” id. 30, 14 fin.: “orationem (with lacerare),” Quint. 10, 7, 32: “domum,” Verg. A. 12, 805.
