Flaccus

See also: flaccus

Latin

Etymology

From flaccus (“flap-eared; flabby”), possibly imitative or from an earlier Proto-Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflak.kus/, [ˈfɫ̪äkːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflak.kus/, [ˈfläkːus]

Proper noun

Flaccus m sg (genitive Flaccī); second declension

1. a cognomen used by the gentes Avilia, Fulvia, Valeria, and others

   Quintus Horatius Flaccus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Flaccus
Genitive	Flaccī
Dative	Flaccō
Accusative	Flaccum
Ablative	Flaccō
Vocative	Flacce

Derived terms

• Flacciānus

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.