floricomus

Latin

Etymology

From flōs (“flower”) +‎ -i- (linking vowel) +‎ coma (“hair of the head”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /floːˈri.ko.mus/, [fɫ̪oːˈrɪkɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /floˈri.ko.mus/, [floˈriːkomus]

Adjective

flōricomus (feminine flōricoma, neuter flōricomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. crowned with flowers

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	flōricomus	flōricoma	flōricomum		flōricomī	flōricomae	flōricoma
Genitive	flōricomī	flōricomae	flōricomī		flōricomōrum	flōricomārum	flōricomōrum
Dative	flōricomō		flōricomō		flōricomīs
Accusative	flōricomum	flōricomam	flōricomum		flōricomōs	flōricomās	flōricoma
Ablative	flōricomō	flōricomā	flōricomō		flōricomīs
Vocative	flōricome	flōricoma	flōricomum		flōricomī	flōricomae	flōricoma

Descendants

• English: floricomous

References

• “floricomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• floricomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.