Formiae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁρμίαι (Hormíai, “place of anchorage”), from ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, chain; anchorage”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Formiae f pl (genitive Formiārum); first declension

  1. A city in Latium situated on the coast, between Fundi and Minturnae, now Formia

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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