formico
See also: fórmico
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French formique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.mi.ko/, [ˈfɔr̺miko]
- Hyphenation: fòr‧mi‧co
Adjective
formico (feminine singular formica, masculine plural formici, feminine plural formiche)
- (organic chemistry) formic
Derived terms
- acido formico
Related terms
- formica
Anagrams
- cofirmo, cofirmò
Latin
Etymology
From formīca (“ant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.koː/, [fɔrˈmiː.koː]
Verb
formīcō (present infinitive formīcāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) I crawl like an ant.
- (intransitive) I feel as if ants are crawling on my skin, experience formication.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of formīcō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | formīcō | formīcās | formīcat | formīcāmus | formīcātis | formīcant |
| imperfect | formīcābam | formīcābās | formīcābat | formīcābāmus | formīcābātis | formīcābant | |
| future | formīcābō | formīcābis | formīcābit | formīcābimus | formīcābitis | formīcābunt | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | formīcem | formīcēs | formīcet | formīcēmus | formīcētis | formīcent |
| imperfect | formīcārem | formīcārēs | formīcāret | formīcārēmus | formīcārētis | formīcārent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | formīcā | — | — | formīcāte | — |
| future | — | formīcātō | formīcātō | — | formīcātōte | formīcantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | formīcāre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | formīcāns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| formīcandī | formīcandō | formīcandum | formīcandō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- formīcātiō
Related terms
- formīca
- formīcābilis
- formīcīnus
- formīcōsus
- formīcula
Descendants
- Aromanian: furnic, furnicari
- English: formicate
- French: fourmiller
- Old French: formiier
- Old Italian: formicare
- Portuguese: formigar
- Romanian: furnica, furnicare
References
- 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