formaticum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fōrmāticus, firmāticus, fōrmātis, fōrmādeus, fōrmārius, fōrmāsius, fōrmādium fōrmāgium (borrowed back through Romance, especially French) === Etymology === By surface analysis, fōrma (“mould”) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix). Has also been suggested to derive from an ellipsis of *[cāseus fōrmāticus] "mould-cheese", although fōrmāticus is not attested as an adjective. Attested in the eighth-century Reichenau Glossary and the Capitulary of Charlemagne (802 CE). === Noun === fōrmāticum n (genitive fōrmāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin) cheese Synonym: cāseus (Classical) ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References ===