(adjective) : formōsus (FORMONSVS, Inscr. Grut. 669, 10;
* Comp.: FORMONSIOR,Inscr. Fabr. p. 374, no. 169: formonsam,Verg. E. 1, 5 Rib.), a, um, forma, I. B. 1., finely formed, beautiful, handsome (freq. and class; syn.: pulcher, speciosus, venustus, bellus).
* Of visible subjects: deum rotundum esse volunt, quod ea forma ullam negat esse pulchriorem Plato: at mihi vel cylindri vel quadrati vel coni vel pyramidis videtur esse formosior,Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24: consideratur in homine, formosus an deformis,id. Inv. 1, 24, 35: virgines formosissimae,id. ib. 2, 1, 2: mulier,Hor. A. P. 4: vis formosa videri,id. C. 4, 13, 3: formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin,Verg. E. 2, 1; cf.: formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse,id. ib. 5, 44: Galatea hedera formosior alba,id. ib. 7, 38: boves,Ov. A. A. 1, 296: mater haedorum duorum,id. F. 5, 117: arma Sabina,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 32. so, formosius telum jaculabile,Ov. M. 7, 679: arbutus,Prop. 1, 2, 11 (dub.; Müll. felicius): Alcibiades, omnium aetatis suae multo formosissimus,Nep. Alcib. 1, 2: nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus,Verg. E. 3, 57: tempus (i. e. ver),Ov. F. 4, 129: aestas messibus,id. R. Am. 187: lux formosior omnibus Calendis,Mart. 10, 24, 2: habitus formosior,Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Prov.: Formonsa facies muta commendatio est,Pub. Syr. 169 (Rib.).
* Rarely of abstr. subjects: nihil est virtute formosius, nihil pulchrius,Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4.—Adv.: formōse, beautifully (very rare): Cupidinem formosum deum formose cubantem,App. M. 5, p. 168: saltare,id. ib. 6, p. 183: formosius,Quint. 8, 3, 10: formosissime,Aug. Conf. 1, 7.

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