Formiae
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁρμίαι (Hormíai, “place of anchorage”), from ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, chain; anchorage”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.mi.ae̯/, [ˈfɔrmiäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.mi.e/, [ˈfɔrmie]
Proper noun
    
Formiae f pl (genitive Formiārum); first declension
Declension
    
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Formiae | 
| Genitive | Formiārum | 
| Dative | Formiīs | 
| Accusative | Formiās | 
| Ablative | Formiīs | 
| Vocative | Formiae | 
| Locative | Formiīs | 
Derived terms
    
- Formiānī
- Formiānum
- Formiānus
References
    
- “Formiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Formiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Formiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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