Flaccus
See also: flaccus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom flaccus (“flap-eared; flabby”), possibly imitative or from an earlier Proto-Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflak.kus/, [ˈfɫ̪äkːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflak.kus/, [ˈfläkːus]
Proper noun
editFlaccus m sg (genitive Flaccī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Flaccus |
Genitive | Flaccī |
Dative | Flaccō |
Accusative | Flaccum |
Ablative | Flaccō |
Vocative | Flacce |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Ancient Greek: Φλάκκος (Phlákkos)
References
edit- “Flaccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Flaccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.