formica
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
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.
