formaceus

Latin

Alternative forms

formacius

Etymology

From fōrma (“shape, mould”) +‎ -āceus (“relational adjective suffix”). Said to be current in Africa and Spain, and is continued in Spanish. Isidore cites the substantivised fōrmācium, with fōrmātum as a synonym.[1] Compare Spanish horma (“dry stone wall”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /foːrˈmaː.ke.us/, [foːrˈmäːkeʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈma.t͡ʃe.us/, [forˈmäːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

fōrmāceus (feminine fōrmācea, neuter fōrmāceum); first/second-declension adjective

(hapax) made using a form or mould, moulded
- Pliny, Natural History 35.169.2:
  […] nōn in Āfricā Hispāniāque ē terrā parietēs, quōs appellant fōrmāceōs, quoniam in fōrmā circumdatīs duābus utrimque tabulīs inferciuntur vērius quam īnstruuntur, aevīs dūrant […] ?
  […] don't they last for ages, the earthen walls in Africa and Spain that they call moulded because they're stuffed in a mould, with two boards on either side, rather than constructed […] ?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	fōrmāceus	fōrmācea	fōrmāceum	fōrmāceī	fōrmāceae	fōrmācea
Genitive	fōrmāceī	fōrmāceae	fōrmāceī	fōrmāceōrum	fōrmāceārum	fōrmāceōrum
Dative	fōrmāceō	fōrmāceae	fōrmāceō	fōrmāceīs
Accusative	fōrmāceum	fōrmāceam	fōrmāceum	fōrmāceōs	fōrmāceās	fōrmācea
Ablative	fōrmāceō	fōrmāceā	fōrmāceō	fōrmāceīs
Vocative	fōrmācee	fōrmācea	fōrmāceum	fōrmāceī	fōrmāceae	fōrmācea

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: hormazo, hormaza

References

“formaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
formaceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

The Etymologies or The Origins, XV.9.5

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[1] The Etymologies or The Origins, XV.9.5