formicula

Latin

Etymology

formīca (“ant”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔrˈmiː.kʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [forˈmiː.ku.la]

Noun

formīcula f (genitive formīculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A small ant.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	formīcula	formīculae
genitive	formīculae	formīculārum
dative	formīculae	formīculīs
accusative	formīculam	formīculās
ablative	formīculā	formīculīs
vocative	formīcula	formīculae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: furmicula
  • Italian: formicola
  • Sicilian: furmìcula
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: furmicla, furmeila
• Gallo-Italic
  • Emilian: furmigra, formigla, fermigra
  • Ligurian: formîgoa, fromîgoa

References

• “formicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press