formica
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
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.
