Formĭae, ārum, f. [for sformiae, svormiai, from old form *(ormi/ai, place of anchorage; cf. o(/rmos], 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.