flasco

Latin

Alternative forms
  • flasca, frascia, flascus, flascōnus
  • flascula, flasculus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.

Noun

flascō ? (genitive flascōnis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) bottle
  2. (Late Latin) a glass or earthenware vessel for conserving wine
  3. (Late Latin) portable barrel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flascō flascōnēs
Genitive flascōnis flascōnum
Dative flascōnī flascōnibus
Accusative flascōnem flascōnēs
Ablative flascōne flascōnibus
Vocative flascō flascōnēs

Descendants
  • Catalan: flascó
  • Old French: flascon, flacon, flagon (“small bottle”)
  • → Byzantine Greek: φλασκίον (phlaskíon), φλάσκη (phláskē), φλάσκα (phláska)
  • Iberian:
  • Italian: fiasco (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: flasca
  • → Hungarian: flaska
  • Sicilian: ciascu, sascu

References
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