formātĭo

ōnis, f.

formo

I. a shaping, forming; a form, design, plan (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: formationem puto probandam, locum improbandum, Vitr. 2 praef.: oblonga fori, id. 5, 1: formationes columnarum, id. 4, 1.—
II. Trop.: morum, Sen. Ep. 117, 20.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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