(adjective) : dē-formis, e (
* Abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), forma; cf. 2. deformo.
* 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, turpis—freq. 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.
* Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.
* Shapeless: animae,Ov. M. 2, 554.

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