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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From formīca (“ant”).

Pronunciation

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


Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: furnic, furnicari
    • Romanian: furnica, furnicare
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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.
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