formosus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fōrmunsus (Late Latin, proscribed) === Etymology === From fōrma (“shape, beauty”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”). Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *lěpъ (< *lěpiti) (Russian ле́пый (lépyj), лепи́ть (lepítʹ)). Also compare Greek όμορφος (ómorfos) < Ancient Greek εὔμορφος (eúmorphos) < εὖ (eû) + μορφή (morphḗ) (with the second element of the Greek term, for the first element see Latin bellus). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [foːrˈmoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [forˈmɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === fōrmōsus (feminine fōrmōsa, neuter fōrmōsum, comparative fōrmōsior, superlative fōrmōsissimus, adverb fōrmōsē); first/second-declension adjective beautiful, handsome aesthetic, well-formed ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== fōrma fōrmō fōrmōsa fōrmōsē fōrmōsitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === “formosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “formosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “formosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “formosus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 724