"flaccus" meaning in Latin

See flaccus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈfɫak.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈflak.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly an imitative adjective with internal gemination (similar to crassus, grossus, gibber), or from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Polish błagi and Lithuanian blogas. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{onomatopoeic|la|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|pl|błagi}} Polish błagi, {{cog|lt|blogas}} Lithuanian blogas Head templates: {{la-adj|flaccus}} flaccus (feminine flacca, neuter flaccum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|flaccus}} Forms: flacca [feminine], flaccum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], flaccus [masculine, nominative, singular], flacca [feminine, nominative, singular], flaccum [neuter, nominative, singular], flaccī [masculine, nominative, plural], flaccae [feminine, nominative, plural], flacca [neuter, nominative, plural], flaccī [genitive, masculine, singular], flaccae [feminine, genitive, singular], flaccī [genitive, neuter, singular], flaccōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], flaccārum [feminine, genitive, plural], flaccōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], flaccō [dative, masculine, singular], flaccae [dative, feminine, singular], flaccō [dative, neuter, singular], flaccīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], flaccum [accusative, masculine, singular], flaccam [accusative, feminine, singular], flaccum [accusative, neuter, singular], flaccōs [accusative, masculine, plural], flaccās [accusative, feminine, plural], flacca [accusative, neuter, plural], flaccō [ablative, masculine, singular], flaccā [ablative, feminine, singular], flaccō [ablative, neuter, singular], flaccīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], flacce [masculine, singular, vocative], flacca [feminine, singular, vocative], flaccum [neuter, singular, vocative], flaccī [masculine, plural, vocative], flaccae [feminine, plural, vocative], flacca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. flabby, flaccid, hanging down Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-flaccus-la-adj-HvIFuXqq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 52 48
  2. flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: plautus
    Sense id: en-flaccus-la-adj-7mAEWmNf Categories (other): Latin onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flacceō, flaccēscō, flaccidus, Flaccus

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flacceō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flaccidus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Flaccus"
    }
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        "feminine"
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      "form": "flaccum",
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      ]
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      "form": "flaccus",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "flaccō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flaccae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flaccō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "flaccīs",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "flaccam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "flaccā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "flacceō"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "flacca",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flacca",
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      ],
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          "flap-eared",
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          "wide",
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          "large",
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        ],
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          "flat",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "flaccus"
}

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