floces

Latin

Alternative forms

  • floccēs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

flocēs f pl (genitive flocum); third declension

  1. lees, dregs of wine

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative flocēs
genitive flocum
dative flocibus
accusative flocēs
ablative flocibus
vocative flocēs

References

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