formicula
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From formīca (“ant”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔrˈmiː.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [forˈmiː.ku.la]
Noun
formīcula f (genitive formīculae); first declension
- (Late Latin) A small ant.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | formīcula | formīculae |
| genitive | formīculae | formīculārum |
| dative | formīculae | formīculīs |
| accusative | formīculam | formīculās |
| ablative | formīculā | formīculīs |
| vocative | formīcula | formīculae |
Descendants
References
- “formicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press