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|lnetxt=formica formicae N F :: ant
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>formīca</b>: ae, f. [[root]] mur-, to [[swarm]], Gr. [[μύρμος]], [[μύρμηξ]]; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 339 sq.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[ant]], emmet, pismire: te faciam ut formicae [[frustillatim]] differant, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 108; Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 21; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 5; Verg. G. 1, 186; 380; id. A. 4, 402; Hor. S. 1, 1, 33 al.—Prov.: [[confit]] [[cito]], Quam si formicis tu obicias papaverem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 8.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>formīca</b>,¹² æ, f. ([[μύρμηξ]]), fourmi : Cic. Nat. 3, 21.
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{{Georges
|georg=formīca, ae, f. ([[von]] [[μύρμηξ]], äol. βύρμαξ, [[βόρμαξ]]), die [[Ameise]], Plaut. trin. 410. Titin. com. 34. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 21. Sen. de tranqu. anim. 12, 3. Plin. 11, 108. Verg. georg. 1, 186. Prop. 3, 13, 8. Ov. [[met]]. 7, 625: pinnatae formicae, Suet. Ner. 46, 1.
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