floces
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Proto-Indo-European root related to fracēs (“dregs of oil”) and faex (“sediment, dregs”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflo.keːs/, [ˈfɫ̪ɔkeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.t͡ʃes/, [ˈflɔːt͡ʃes]
Noun
[edit]flocēs f pl (genitive flocum); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | flocēs |
| genitive | flocum |
| dative | flocibus |
| accusative | flocēs |
| ablative | flocibus |
| vocative | flocēs |
References
[edit]- “floces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “floces”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 517