Formiae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁρμίαι (Hormíai, “place of anchorage”), from ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, chain; anchorage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mi.ae̯/, [ˈfɔrmiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mi.e/, [ˈfɔrmie]

Proper noun

Formiae f pl (genitive Formiārum); first declension

1. A city in Latium situated on the coast, between Fundi and Minturnae, now Formia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Formiae
Genitive	Formiārum
Dative	Formiīs
Accusative	Formiās
Ablative	Formiīs
Vocative	Formiae
Locative	Formiīs

Derived terms

• Formiānī
• Formiānum
• Formiānus

References

• “Formiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Formiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Formiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.