formicinus

Latin

Etymology

From formīca (“ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔr.miːˈkiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [for.miˈt͡ʃiː.nus]

Adjective

formīcīnus (feminine formīcīna, neuter formīcīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) ant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	formīcīnus	formīcīna	formīcīnum		formīcīnī	formīcīnae	formīcīna
genitive	formīcīnī	formīcīnae	formīcīnī		formīcīnōrum	formīcīnārum	formīcīnōrum
dative	formīcīnō	formīcīnae	formīcīnō		formīcīnīs
accusative	formīcīnum	formīcīnam	formīcīnum		formīcīnōs	formīcīnās	formīcīna
ablative	formīcīnō	formīcīnā	formīcīnō		formīcīnīs
vocative	formīcīne	formīcīna	formīcīnum		formīcīnī	formīcīnae	formīcīna

References

• “formicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "formicinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “formicinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.