flaccus

See also: Flaccus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin; possibly imitative[1], or from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Polish błagi and Lithuanian blogas[2].

Pronunciation

Adjective

flaccus (feminine flacca, neuter flaccum); first/second declension

  1. flabby, flaccid, hanging down
  2. flap-eared

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative flaccus flacca flaccum flaccī flaccae flacca
Genitive flaccī flaccae flaccī flaccōrum flaccārum flaccōrum
Dative flaccō flaccae flaccō flaccīs flaccīs flaccīs
Accusative flaccum flaccam flaccum flaccōs flaccās flacca
Ablative flaccō flaccā flaccō flaccīs flaccīs flaccīs
Vocative flacce flacca flaccum flaccī flaccae flacca

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • flaccus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • flaccus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flaccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • flaccus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. per OED
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bh(e)lāg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 124-125
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