Formĭae — Lewis & Short
Formĭae, ārum, f.for sformiae, svormiai, from old form *(ormi/ai, place of anchorage; cf. o(/rmos,
I a very ancient city of Latium, on the borders of Campania, the fabled seat of the Laestrygones, now Mola di Gaeta, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Cic. Att. 2, 13, 2; id. Fam. 16, 12, 5; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 17; Hor. C. 3, 17, 6.—
II Derivv.
A Formĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Formiae, Formian:
colles,Hor. C. 1, 20, 11:
saxa,Liv. 22, 16, 4:
fundus P. Rutilii,Cic. N. D. 3, 35, 86:
dies,spent in Formiae, Mart. 10, 30, 26.—
B Subst.
1 Formĭ-ānum, i, n., a villa in Formiae:
of Cicero,Cic. Att. 4, 2, 7; id. Fam. 16, 10, 1; ib. 12, 6;
of C. Laelius,id. Rep. 1, 39;
of Dolabella,id. Att. 15, 13, 5.—
2 Formĭāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Formiae, Formians, Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2.