Formiae
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁρμίαι (Hormíai, “place of anchorage”), from ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, chain; anchorage”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.mi.ae̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.mi.e]
=== Proper noun ===
Formiae f pl (genitive Formiārum); first declension
a city in Latium situated on the coast, between Fundi and Minturnae, now Formia
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
==== 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.