floces
Latin
Alternative forms
- floccēs
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European root related to fracēs (“dregs of oil”) and faex (“sediment, dregs”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.keːs/, [ˈfɫ̪ɔkeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.t͡ʃes/, [ˈflɔːt͡ʃes]
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | flocēs |
| Genitive | flocum |
| Dative | flocibus |
| Accusative | flocēs |
| Ablative | flocibus |
| Vocative | flocēs |
References
- “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
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