formicosus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /for.miːˈkoː.sus/, [fɔrmiːˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.miˈko.sus/, [formiˈkɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]formīcōsus (feminine formīcōsa, neuter formīcōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- full of ants, ant-filled
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.206:
- formicosam armobem erucae cavent
- caterpillars hollow out a tree full of ants
- formicosam armobem erucae cavent
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | formīcōsus | formīcōsa | formīcōsum | formīcōsī | formīcōsae | formīcōsa | |
| genitive | formīcōsī | formīcōsae | formīcōsī | formīcōsōrum | formīcōsārum | formīcōsōrum | |
| dative | formīcōsō | formīcōsae | formīcōsō | formīcōsīs | |||
| accusative | formīcōsum | formīcōsam | formīcōsum | formīcōsōs | formīcōsās | formīcōsa | |
| ablative | formīcōsō | formīcōsā | formīcōsō | formīcōsīs | |||
| vocative | formīcōse | formīcōsa | formīcōsum | formīcōsī | formīcōsae | formīcōsa | |
References
[edit]- formicosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “formicosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press