LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

flascō

flascō m or f (genitive flascōnis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinbottle
  2. Late Latina glass or earthenware vessel for conserving wine
  3. Late Latinportable barrel

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflascōflascōnēs
genitiveflascōnisflascōnum
dativeflascōnīflascōnibus
accusativeflascōnemflascōnēs
ablativeflascōneflascōnibus
vocativeflascōflascōnēs

Origins

Borrowed from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanflascó
  • Occitanflascon
  • Franco-Provençalfllascon
  • Franco-Provençalfllacon
  • Old Frenchflascon
  • Old Frenchflacon
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefrascofrom Old Galician-Portuguese frasco
  • Spanishfrasco
  • Asturianfrascu
  • Galicianfrascofrom Old Galician-Portuguese frasco
  • Cebuanopraskofrom Spanish frasco
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfiasco
  • Sicilianciascu
  • Siciliansascu
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Ladinfiasch
  • Romanshflasch
Borrowings
  • Greekφλασκίfrom Byzantine Greek φλασκίον
  • Greekφλάσκαfrom Byzantine Greek φλασκίον
  • Arabicفِلَسْقِيَّةfrom Byzantine Greek φλασκίον
  • Hungarianflaska

In English words that came into English from flascō

  • flaskflascō
  • flagonflascōnem

Quick answers

What does flascō mean in Latin?
flascō, a noun, means “bottle; a glass or earthenware vessel for conserving wine; portable barrel”.
What is the genitive of flascō?
The genitive singular is flascōnis. flascō is masculine, third declension.