formigenes

Latin

Etymology

Built freely from New Latin formīcum (sc. acidum) "formic acid", itself derived from Latin formīca "ant", and Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs), originally meaning "born in a certain condition", here with its modern sense "producing" applied.

Adjective

formigenēs (neuter formigenes or formigenēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

1. (New Latin) that generates formic acid, especially by reducing oxalic acid

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	formigenēs	formigenes1 formigenēs		formigenēs	formigenia
Genitive	formigenis			formigenium
Dative	formigenī			formigenibus
Accusative	formigenem	formigenes1 formigenēs		formigenēs	formigenia
Ablative	formigenī			formigenibus
Vocative	formigenes1 formigenēs			formigenēs	formigenia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Derived terms

• Oxalobacter formigenēs