Formiae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁρμίαι (Hormíai, “place of anchorage”), from ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, chain; anchorage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔr.mi.ae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔr.mi.e]

Proper noun

Formiae f pl (genitive Formiārum); first declension

1. a city in Latium situated on the coast, between Fundi and Minturnae, now Formia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Formiae
genitive	Formiārum
dative	Formiīs
accusative	Formiās
ablative	Formiīs
vocative	Formiae
locative	Formiīs

Derived terms

• Formiānī
• Formiānum
• Formiānus

References

• “Formiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Formiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Formiae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.