formus

Esperanto

Verb

formus

1. conditional of formi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *formos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

Cognates include Sanskrit घर्म (gharma), Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Proto-Slavic *gorěti, Welsh gwres, and Old English wearm (English warm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mus/, [ˈfɔrmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mus/, [ˈfɔrmus]

Adjective

formus (feminine forma, neuter formum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (archaic) warm

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	formus	forma	formum		formī	formae	forma
genitive	formī	formae	formī		formōrum	formārum	formōrum
dative	formō	formae	formō		formīs
accusative	formum	formam	formum		formōs	formās	forma
ablative	formō	formā	formō		formīs
vocative	forme	forma	formum		formī	formae	forma

Derived terms

• forceps

Related terms

• fornāx
• fornus (alternative form of furnus preserving the o)

References

• “formus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• formus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• formus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.