formicare

formicare [CL] 1 (med., of pulse) to be slight and irregular. de pulsu caprizante, martellino, serrino, vermiculoso, ~ante, estuante, et tremente diffusius disputatur Bart. Angl. III 23. 2 to be busy as an ant. formice disce labores / annalem victum querentis tempore messis. / ‥ sis Martha secunda. / ‥ / rebus in injustis tu formicare caveto D. Bec. 2149.