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formīca, ae, f. [root mur-, to swarm, Gr. μύρμος, μύρμηξ; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 339 sq.], an ant, emmet, pismire: te faciam ut formicae frustillatim differant, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 108; Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 21; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 5; Verg. G. 1, 186; 380; id. A. 4, 402; Hor. S. 1, 1, 33 al.
Prov.: confit cito, Quam si formicis tu obicias papaverem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 8.

formīcābĭlis, e, adj. [formica], resembling the creeping of ants (late Lat.): pulsus, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 145.
Also called formīcālis pulsus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198; cf. formicatio and formico, II.

formīcātĭo, ōnis, f. [formico], an irritation of the skin resembling the crawling of ants, produced by pustules; Gr. μυρμηκία: corporum, Plin. 28, 7, 20, § 71; Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 2: eorum articulorum, qui tanguntur, id. ib. 5, 2, 30.

* formīcīnus, a, um, adj. [formica], of or like ants: gradus, i. e. creeping, crawling, Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 12.

formīco, āre, v. n. [formica].

  1. * I. To creep or crawl like ants: venarum inaequali aut formicante percussu, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.
  2. * II. To feel like the creeping of ants, μυρμηκιζω: donec formicet cutis, Plin. 30, 13, 41, § 120.

formīcōsus, a, um, adj. [formica], full of ants: arbor, Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 206.

formīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [formica], a little ant, Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 8 ed. Mai.; App. M. 6, p. 177; Arn. 4, 145; 7, 240.