formico

See also: fórmico

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French formique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.mi.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔrmiko
• Hyphenation: fòr‧mi‧co

Adjective

formico (feminine formica, masculine plural formici, feminine plural formiche)

1. (organic chemistry) formic

Derived terms

• acido formico

Related terms

• formica

Anagrams

• cofirmo, cofirmò

Latin

Etymology

From formīca (“ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔrˈmiː.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [forˈmiː.ko]

Verb

formīcō (present infinitive formīcāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (intransitive) to crawl like an ant
2. (intransitive) to feel as if ants are crawling on one's skin, experience formication

Conjugation

   Conjugation of formīcō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	formīcō		formīcās		formīcat		formīcāmus		formīcātis		formīcant
	imperfect	formīcābam		formīcābās		formīcābat		formīcābāmus		formīcābātis		formīcābant
	future	formīcābō		formīcābis		formīcābit		formīcābimus		formīcābitis		formīcābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	formīcem		formīcēs		formīcet		formīcēmus		formīcētis		formīcent
	imperfect	formīcārem		formīcārēs		formīcāret		formīcārēmus		formīcārētis		formīcārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		formīcā		—		—		formīcāte		—
	future	—		formīcātō		formīcātō		—		formīcātōte		formīcantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		formīcāre			—			formīcāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		formīcandī		formīcandō		formīcandum		formīcandō		—		—

Derived terms

• formīcātiō

Related terms

• formīca
• formīcābilis
• formīcīnus
• formīcōsus
• formīcula

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: furnic, furnicari
  • Romanian: furnica, furnicare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: formicare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: formiier
    • ⇒ French: fourmiller
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: formigar
  • Portuguese: formigar
• Borrowings:
  • → English: formicate

References

• “formico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “formico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.