formicula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
formīca (“ant”) + -ula (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.ku.la/, [fɔrˈmiːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmi.ku.la/, [forˈmiːkulä]
Noun[edit]
formīcula f (genitive formīculae); first declension
- (Late Latin) A small ant.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | formīcula | formīculae |
| Genitive | formīculae | formīculārum |
| Dative | formīculae | formīculīs |
| Accusative | formīculam | formīculās |
| Ablative | formīculā | formīculīs |
| Vocative | formīcula | formīculae |
Descendants[edit]
All 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