flaccidus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative flaccidus flaccida flaccidum flaccidī flaccidae flaccida
Genitive flaccidī flaccidae flaccidī flaccidōrum flaccidārum flaccidōrum
Dative flaccidō flaccidō flaccidīs
Accusative flaccidum flaccidam flaccidum flaccidōs flaccidās flaccida
Ablative flaccidō flaccidā flaccidō flaccidīs
Vocative flaccide flaccida flaccidum flaccidī flaccidae flaccida

Descendants
Descendants of flaccidus in other languages
  • 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.
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