facies

• Ovid mentions Nireus again at AA II 109-12 'sis licet antiquo Nireus adamatus Homero ... ingenii dotes corporis adde bonis'; see also Hor Epod XV 22 'forma ... uincas Nirea', Hor Carm III xx 15 (where Nireus is paired with Ganymede) and Prop III xviii 27 'Nirea non facies, non uis exemit Achillem'; from Greek epigram Professor C. P. Jones cites Peek Griech. —  The Last Poems of Ovid
• The other earlier Palaeozoic systems are wanting, but the Carboniferous appears in the western Balkans with a continental facies (Kulm). —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
• His facies was that of an intermediate sexual stage People like Hahlström," he continued, "are actually not worthy of the healthy limbs with which God endowed them. —  Atlantis
• Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier ex insana insaniorem facies, feriet saepius si obsequare, una resolvas plaga wisely_) Well, what do you want? —  Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
• It is well known that this correspondence is recognized in the general 'facies' of the flora and fauna, dependent on generic identities. —  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms