formicosus

Latin

Etymology

From formīca +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /for.miːˈkoː.sus/, [fɔrmiːˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.miˈko.sus/, [formiˈkɔːs̬us]

Adjective

formīcōsus (feminine formīcōsa, neuter formīcōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	formīcōsus	formīcōsa	formīcōsum		formīcōsī	formīcōsae	formīcōsa
Genitive	formīcōsī	formīcōsae	formīcōsī		formīcōsōrum	formīcōsārum	formīcōsōrum
Dative	formīcōsō		formīcōsō		formīcōsīs
Accusative	formīcōsum	formīcōsam	formīcōsum		formīcōsōs	formīcōsās	formīcōsa
Ablative	formīcōsō	formīcōsā	formīcōsō		formīcōsīs
Vocative	formīcōse	formīcōsa	formīcōsum		formīcōsī	formīcōsae	formīcōsa

References

• 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