(adj.Subst.) : Formĭae, ārum, f.for sformiae, σϝορμιαι, from old form Ὁρμίαι, place of anchorage; cf. ὅρμος
* 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.
* Derivv.
* 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.
* Subst.
* 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.
* Formĭāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Formiae, Formians, Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2.