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

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Latin

Etymology

From formīca (“ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /forˈmiː.koː/, [fɔrˈmiːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈmi.ko/, [forˈmiːko]

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) I crawl like an ant.
2. (intransitive) I feel as if ants are crawling on my skin, experience formication.

Conjugation

Conjugation of formīcō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		formīcāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		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

• Aromanian: furnic, furnicari
• → English: formicate
• Old French: formiier
  • ⇒ French: fourmiller

• Old Italian: formicare
• Portuguese: formigar
• Romanian: furnica, furnicare

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.