formica

Latin > English

formica formicae N F :: ant

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

formīca: ae, f. root mur-, to swarm, Gr. μύρμος, μύρμηξ; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 339 sq.,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

formīca,¹² æ, f. (μύρμηξ), fourmi : Cic. Nat. 3, 21.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.