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]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.t͡ʃes/, [ˈflɔːt͡ʃes]

Noun

flocēs f pl (genitive flocum); third declension

lees, dregs of wine

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), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 517

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