formicula
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]formīca (“ant”) + -ula (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
| 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