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Latin
Etymology
From flaccus (“flap-eared; flabby”), possibly imitative or from an earlier Proto-Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Flaccus m sg (genitive Flaccī); second declension
- a cognomen used by the gentes Avilia, Fulvia, Valeria, and others
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Φλάκκος (Phlákkos)
References
- “Flaccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Flaccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.