"forma" meaning in Latin

See forma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoːr.ma/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfoːrmä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfor.ma/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfɔrmä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from an Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”), with dissimilation *m-m > *f-m, as seen in formīca (“ant”) and formīdō (“ghost, scarecrow”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{der|la|ett||*morma}} Etruscan *morma, {{der|la|grc|μορφή||shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure}} Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fōrma<1>}} fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fōrma<1>}} Forms: fōrma [canonical, feminine], fōrmae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fōrma [nominative, singular], fōrmae [nominative, plural], fōrmae [genitive, singular], fōrmārum [genitive, plural], fōrmae [dative, singular], fōrmīs [dative, plural], fōrmam [accusative, singular], fōrmās [accusative, plural], fōrmā [ablative, singular], fōrmīs [ablative, plural], fōrma [singular, vocative], fōrmae [plural, vocative]
  1. form; figure, shape, appearance Tags: declension-1 Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: habitus, faciēs, species, frons
    Sense id: en-forma-la-noun-36k7z1Dv Disambiguation of Appearance: 78 1 3 2 16 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 39 20 3 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 13 25 21 13
  2. fine form; beauty Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-forma-la-noun-8GzCuOiM Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 13 25 21 13
  3. outline, plan, design Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-forma-la-noun-rtpMYoDK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 39 20 3 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 13 25 21 13
  4. model, pattern, stamp, mold Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: charta, tabula
    Sense id: en-forma-la-noun-WHi5XinT Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 39 20 3 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 13 25 21 13
  5. (figurative) manner, kind, sort Tags: declension-1, figuratively
    Sense id: en-forma-la-noun-TJ2cMOyx Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 13 25 21 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fōrm [abbreviation]
Derived forms: cōnfōrmis, dēfōrmis, fōrmāceus, fōrmālis, fōrmaster, fōrmāticum, fōrmella, fōrmō, fōrmōsus, fōrmula, īnfōrmis, prō fōrmā
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cōnfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dēfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmāceus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmaster"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmāticum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōrmula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "īnfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prō fōrmā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: forme (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "forme",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "form"
          },
          "expansion": "English: form",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: form (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "",
            "3": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "furma"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: furma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: furma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "furma",
            "3": "fuorma"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: furma, fuorma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: furma, fuorma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "horma"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: horma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: horma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "formă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: formă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: formă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "foirm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: foirm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: foirm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "forma",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: forma (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "form"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "forma",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Polish: forma (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Polish: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*fʉrβ̃",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fʉrβ̃",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fʉrβ̃"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "ffuruf",
            "3": "ffuryf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: ffuruf, ffuryf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: ffuruf, ffuryf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffurf"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: ffurf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: ffurf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oco",
            "2": "furf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cornish: furf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cornish: furf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "forma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ceb",
            "2": "hulma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cebuano: hulma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cebuano: hulma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*morma"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *morma",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μορφή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps from an Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”), with dissimilation *m-m > *f-m, as seen in formīca (“ant”) and formīdō (“ghost, scarecrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fōrma<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fōrma<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 39 20 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 13 25 21 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 1 3 2 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Appearance",
          "orig": "la:Appearance",
          "parents": [
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“I have twice-seven nymphs, [each] with a gorgeous body, of whom [the nymph] who [has] the most beautiful figure [is] Deiopea.”\n(Juno attempts to bribe Aeolus with an arranged marriage. Notes: The dative of possession “sunt mihi” means “they are for me” or simply “I have.” The ablative of quality “praestanti corpore” here is singular despite the plural “nymphae.” The ablative of specification “forma” here means “with respect to appearance.”)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.71–72",
          "roman": "quārum quae fōrmā pulcherrima Dēiopēa.”",
          "text": "“Sunt mihi bis septem praestantī corpore nymphae,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form; figure, shape, appearance"
      ],
      "id": "en-forma-la-noun-36k7z1Dv",
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "species"
        },
        {
          "word": "frons"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 13 25 21 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fine form; beauty"
      ],
      "id": "en-forma-la-noun-8GzCuOiM",
      "links": [
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 39 20 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 13 25 21 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "outline, plan, design"
      ],
      "id": "en-forma-la-noun-rtpMYoDK",
      "links": [
        [
          "outline",
          "outline"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 39 20 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 13 25 21 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "model, pattern, stamp, mold"
      ],
      "id": "en-forma-la-noun-WHi5XinT",
      "links": [
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "stamp",
          "stamp"
        ],
        [
          "mold",
          "mold"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "charta"
        },
        {
          "word": "tabula"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 13 25 21 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "manner, kind, sort"
      ],
      "id": "en-forma-la-noun-TJ2cMOyx",
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) manner, kind, sort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːr.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoːrmä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfor.ma/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔrmä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "fōrm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forma"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Old Galician-Portuguese term requests",
    "Pages with 30 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Appearance",
    "tr:Clothing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cōnfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "word": "dēfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmaster"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmāticum"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmella"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fōrmula"
    },
    {
      "word": "īnfōrmis"
    },
    {
      "word": "prō fōrmā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "forme"
          },
          "expansion": "French: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: forme (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "forme",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: forme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: forme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "form"
          },
          "expansion": "English: form",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: form (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "",
            "3": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "forma"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "furma"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: furma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: furma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "furma",
            "3": "fuorma"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: furma, fuorma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: furma, fuorma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "horma"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: horma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: horma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "formă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: formă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: formă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "foirm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: foirm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: foirm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "forma",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: forma (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "form"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: form"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-opl",
            "2": "forma",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Polish: forma (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Polish: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*fʉrβ̃",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fʉrβ̃",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *fʉrβ̃"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "ffuruf",
            "3": "ffuryf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: ffuruf, ffuryf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: ffuruf, ffuryf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffurf"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: ffurf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: ffurf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oco",
            "2": "furf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cornish: furf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cornish: furf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "forma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: forma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: forma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ceb",
            "2": "hulma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cebuano: hulma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cebuano: hulma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "form",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: form",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*morma"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *morma",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μορφή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps from an Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”), with dissimilation *m-m > *f-m, as seen in formīca (“ant”) and formīdō (“ghost, scarecrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōrmae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fōrma<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fōrma<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“I have twice-seven nymphs, [each] with a gorgeous body, of whom [the nymph] who [has] the most beautiful figure [is] Deiopea.”\n(Juno attempts to bribe Aeolus with an arranged marriage. Notes: The dative of possession “sunt mihi” means “they are for me” or simply “I have.” The ablative of quality “praestanti corpore” here is singular despite the plural “nymphae.” The ablative of specification “forma” here means “with respect to appearance.”)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.71–72",
          "roman": "quārum quae fōrmā pulcherrima Dēiopēa.”",
          "text": "“Sunt mihi bis septem praestantī corpore nymphae,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form; figure, shape, appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "species"
        },
        {
          "word": "frons"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fine form; beauty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "outline, plan, design"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outline",
          "outline"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "model, pattern, stamp, mold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "stamp",
          "stamp"
        ],
        [
          "mold",
          "mold"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "charta"
        },
        {
          "word": "tabula"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, kind, sort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) manner, kind, sort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːr.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoːrmä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfor.ma/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔrmä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "fōrm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forma"
}

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