formicula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /forˈmiː.ku.la/, [fɔrˈmiːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈmi.ku.la/, [forˈmiːkulä]

Noun

formīcula f (genitive formīculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A small ant.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	formīcula	formīculae
Genitive	formīculae	formīculārum
Dative	formīculae	formīculīs
Accusative	formīculam	formīculās
Ablative	formīculā	formīculīs
Vocative	formīcula	formīculae

Descendants

• Italian: formicola
• Romansch: furmicla
• Sicilian: furmicula

References

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