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formicatio

formicatio · f

an irritation of the skin resembling the crawling of ants

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

formīcātĭo — Lewis & Short

formīcātĭo, ōnis, f.formico,

I an irritation of the skin resembling the crawling of ants, produced by pustules; Gr. murmhki/a: corporum, Plin. 28, 7, 20, § 71; Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 2: eorum articulorum, qui tanguntur, id. ib. 5, 2, 30.

In the wild

formicationes Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.7.p1
formicationibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.8.p2

Where it came from

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