formātĭo
formātĭo, ōnis, f. formo, a shaping, forming; a form, design, plan (post-Aug.). Lit.: formationem puto probandam, locum improbandum, Vitr. 2 praef.: oblonga fori, id. 5, 1: formationes columnarum, id. 4, 1.— Trop.: morum, Sen. Ep. 117, 20.