formico
See also: fórmico
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French formique.
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Adjective edit
formico (feminine formica, masculine plural formici, feminine plural formiche)
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From formīca (“ant”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.koː/, [fɔrˈmiːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmi.ko/, [forˈmiːko]
Verb edit
formīcō (present infinitive formīcāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to crawl like an ant
- (intransitive) to feel as if ants are crawling on one's skin, experience formication
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References edit
- “formico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- formico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.