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formus

warm

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What it meant

1. formus — de Vaan

formus 'warm' on account of Paul. exF. 91 vformucapes forcipes dictae, quod:forma capiant, id est ferventia. Since the first member of cp. in -ceps are normally nouns, this requires a substantivized adj, * forma 'warm things' as the first member: *forma-kap- > *formkap- > *forkap~. The formation gives an artificial impression, and even liformucapes ever existed, it may well have been a folk etymology. There are … — [de Vaan, s.v. formus, p. 246]

2. formus — de Vaan

formus 'warm' [adj. o/a] (Paul. exF.) Derivatives: formidus 'warm' (Cato apud Paul, ex F.\ Pit. *χ"οηηο-. PIE *gwho/er-mo- 'warm'. IE cognates: Skt gharma- 'heat, glow', Av. garsma'warm; heat', OP garma-pada- 'the fourth month (June-July)' < *gwhor-m<>; Gr. ΰερμός, Arm. jerm 'warm' < *gwher-m<>; maybe Alb. zjarm 'heat' < *gwhermo- (cf. de Vaan 2004b: 82); OPr. gorme 'heat\ Latv. gafme 'warmth' *gwhor-mo-. The adj. … — [de Vaan, s.v. formus, p. 249]

3. formus — Lewis & Short

formus, a, um, adj.ferv-veo; Sanscr. ghar-mas, glow, warmth; Gr. qermo/s, qe/ros; Lat. ferveo, fornus, fornax; O. H. Germ. waram; Engl. warm, Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 485,

I warm (ante-class.): forma significat modo faciem cujusque rei, modo calida, ut, cum exta, quae dantur, deforma appellantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.; cf.: forcipes dicuntur, quod his forma, id est calida capiuntur, ib. p. 84: † formucales (Scal. † formucapes) forcipes dictae, quod forma capiant, id est ferventia, ib. p. 91.

4. formus — Walde–Hofmann

formus, -a, -um „warm“ (nur Gramm. zur Erklärung von forceps, fornáz; davon okkasionell [nach cal-, frig-idus) formidus Cato; vgl. erta quae dantur deforma appellantur Paul. Fest. 83 [nach decocta?, O. Müller z. St.]): altes, durch calidus verdrängtes, nur noch in der Sakralsprache erhaltenes Adj. (doch vgl. auch den ON. Formiae [Hormiae Serv. Aen. 7, 695 ist trotz Pascal Athenaeum 7, 153 ff. nur Volksetym.)); idg. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. formus, p. 564]

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