flaccidus

Latin

Etymology

From flacceō (“to be flabby or flaccid”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflak.ki.dus/, [ˈfɫ̪äkːɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflat.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈflätː͡ʃid̪us]

Adjective

flaccidus (feminine flaccida, neuter flaccidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Flaccid, flabby, pendulous.

   Synonym: flaccus

2. Languid, feeble, weak.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flaccidus	flaccida	flaccidum		flaccidī	flaccidae	flaccida
genitive	flaccidī	flaccidae	flaccidī		flaccidōrum	flaccidārum	flaccidōrum
dative	flaccidō	flaccidae	flaccidō		flaccidīs
accusative	flaccidum	flaccidam	flaccidum		flaccidōs	flaccidās	flaccida
ablative	flaccidō	flaccidā	flaccidō		flaccidīs
vocative	flaccide	flaccida	flaccidum		flaccidī	flaccidae	flaccida

Descendants

Descendants

• Asturian: llaciu
• → Catalan: flàccid
• → English: flaccid
• → French: flaccide
• Italian: flaccido
• → Romanian: flacid
• Sicilian: fràcitu
• Spanish: lacio, → flácido

References

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