conformo

con-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to form, fashion, shape symmetrically or skilfully (several times in Cic.; elsewhere very rare).

• I Prop.: si mundum aedificatum esse, non a naturā conformatum putarem, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 26: ad majora quaedam nos natura genuit et conformavit, id. Fin. 1, 7, 23: quercus conformata securi, * Cat. 19, 3: (ursa) fetum lambendo conformat et fingit, licks into shape, Gell. 17, 10, 3: ova in volucrum speciem, * Col. 8, 5, 10: imaginem tauri, Gell. 13, 9, 6.—
• II Trop.: puellam, Afran. ap. Non. p. 174, 32: animum et mentem cogitatione hominum excellentium, Cic. Arch. 6, 14: ipse me conformo ad ejus voluntatem, id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: mores, id. Fin. 4, 2, 5; cf.: liberos parente orbatos sibi et posteris, Tac. A. 4, 8; Cic. Mur. 29, 60: vocem hujus hortatu praeceptisque, id. Arch. 1, 1; cf. * Quint. 11, 3, 45: orationem constructione verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 17 (but in Lucr. 4, 114, the right read. is confirmem).

cōn-fōrmo, āvi, ātum, āre, entsprechend (harmonisch) formen, -gestalten, -bilden, in die entsprechende Form bringen, I) eig.: mundum a natura conformatum esse, Cic.: c. imaginem rei totius, (im Geiste) in entsprechender Form entwerfen, Cornif. rhet.: fetum lambendo c. et fingere. Gell. – ad maiora quaedam nos natura genuit et conformavit, Cic. – diebus, quibus animantur ova et involucrum speciem conformantur, Col. – II) übtr., entsprechend (schulgerecht) gestalten, gehörig einrichten od. anordnen, gehörig ausbilden, -schulen, orationem non solum electione, sed etiam constructione verborum, Cic.: vocem secundum rationem rerum, de quibus dicimus, Cic. – nonnulla c. et leviter emendare, einige Punkte berichtigen (eig. in eine passendere Form bringen) u. leicht verbessern, Cic. – c. animum et mentem suam cogitatione hominum excellentium, Cic.: animum ad virtutem a pueritia, Cornif. rhet.: c. se ad alcis voluntatem, sich jmds. W. anbequemen, Cic.: quā (parte philosophiae) mores conformari putantur, Cic. – mit Ang. für wen? durch Dat., liberos parente orbatos sibi et posteris, Tac. ann. 4, 8. – ➳ Lucr. 4, 112 (114) liest Lachmann confirmem.

See: conformare

cōnfōrmō, (13) āvī, ātum, āre, tr., ¶ 1 donner une forme, façonner : ad majora nos natura conformavit Cic. Fin. 1, 23, la nature nous a façonnés pour de plus grandes choses ; ursa fetum lambendo conformat Gell. 17, 10, 3, lʼourse lèche ses petits pour leur donner leur forme ¶ 2 [fig.] former, adapter, composer, modeler : mentem meam cogitatione hominum excellentium conformabam Cic. Arch. 14, je façonnais mon intelligence par lʼévocation des meilleurs modèles, cf. de Or. 1, 86 ; 3, 200 ; Off. 1, 7 ; conformare se ad voluntatem alicujus Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2, se plier aux désirs de qqn.

conformo , as, are.
整。作。照樣修。— se ad voluntatem ejus 隨和彼。— mores 化風俗。— animum 修心。

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cōn-fōrmō āvī, ātus, āre,

• to form, fashion, shape: mundus a naturā conformatus. — Fig., to fashion, educate, modify, form: mentem cogitatione: mores: vocem hortatu: liberos sibi, Ta.: se ad alcuius voluntatem, to conform.