floces

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.keːs/, [ˈfɫɔ.keːs]

Noun

flocēs f (genitive flocum); third declension

lees, dregs of wine

Declension

Third declension.

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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