floces

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Proto-Indo-European root related to fracēs (dregs of oil) and faex (sediment, dregs).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

flocēs f pl (genitive flocum); third declension

  1. lees, dregs of wine

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative flocēs
Genitive flocum
Dative flocibus
Accusative flocēs
Ablative flocibus
Vocative flocēs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “floces”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 517