Formâlis, & hoc formâle, pen. prod. Formall. vt, Formalis epistola. Sueton. Formalis temperatura æris. Pli. A prescript tempering of.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
formālis, e, adj. [forma] (post-Aug.). I. (Acc. to forma, I. B. 2.) Of or for a form or mould: temperatura aeris,
proper for making moulds
, Plin. 34, 9, 20, 98.—II. (Acc. to I. B. 4.) A.Having a set form, of the nature of a rescript, circular, formal: cum procuratorum suorum nomine formalem dictaret epistolam, sic coepit, etc., Suet. Dom. 13: formalia verba, Cod. Just. 6, 23, 26: observatio (in testamentis faciendis), id. ib.—B.Transf. (qs. of the nature of a formulary), fixed, normal: aliquid formali pretio aestimare, Dig. 35, 2, 62, 1.
