formicula
Latin
editEtymology
editformīca (“ant”) + -ula (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.ku.la/, [fɔrˈmiːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmi.ku.la/, [forˈmiːkulä]
Noun
editformīcula f (genitive formīculae); first declension
- (Late Latin) A small ant.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | formīcula | formīculae |
Genitive | formīculae | formīculārum |
Dative | formīculae | formīculīs |
Accusative | formīculam | formīculās |
Ablative | formīculā | formīculīs |
Vocative | formīcula | formīculae |
Descendants
editAll borrowed, due to lack of syncope of -cul-.
References
edit- “formicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press