noun · masculinesecond declension
floccus
floccus m (genitive floccī)
flocculus m.; sg. nom. m.
Meaning
- masculinetuft, wisp of wool
- figurativelymasculinetrifle (thing of little importance)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | floccus flocculus | floccī flocculī |
| genitive | floccī flocculī | floccōrum flocculōrum |
| dative | floccō flocculō | floccīs flocculīs |
| accusative | floccum flocculum | floccōs flocculōs |
| ablative | floccō flocculō | floccīs flocculīs |
| vocative | flocce floccule | floccī flocculī |
floccus, i, m.,
I. a lock or flock (of wool, on clothes, in fruits, etc.).
I. Lit.:
ne qui flocci intereant, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8: pomis substrati flocci, id. ib. 1, 59, 3: in veste floccos legere fimbriasve diducere, Cels. 2, 6: pilulae intus habentes floccos molles, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28.—II. Transf., something trifling, insignificant, of no account (most freq., esp. with negatives, and in the phrase flocci facere, to make no account of, to care not a straw for; v. the foll.).
(a). With a neg.:
ceterum qui sis, qui non sis, floccum non interduim, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 152 (Ritschl, ciccum; cf.: eluas tu an exungare, ciccum non interduim, id. Rud. 2, 7, 22): neque ego illum maneo, neque flocci facio, id. Men. 2, 3, 69: is leno flocci non fecit fidem, id. Rud. prol. 47: ego, quae tu loquere, flocci non facio, id. ib. 3, 5, 3: prorsus aveo scire, nec tamen flocci facio, Cic. Att. 13, 50, 3: totam rem publicam flocci non facere, id. ib. 4, 15, 4: quare, ut opinor, φιλοσοφητέον, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, id. ib. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (but here Ernesti reads ἐατέον): satin abiit, neque quod dixi flocci existimat! Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73: invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum; ego non flocci pendere, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21.—(b). Without a neg. (ante-class.), to account of slight value, of small importance:
rumorem, famam flocci fecit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. obstinato, p. 193, 11 Müll.: tu istos minutos cave deos flocci feceris, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 24: flocci facere, id. Most. 3, 2, 121; id. Men. 5, 7, 5; id. Ep. 3, 2, 12; id. Trin. 4, 2, 150; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11.— In pass.: flocci fiet. Culi cultor, Titin. ap. Non. 131, 33: rogata fuerit nec ne, flocci aestimo, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. muneralis, p. 143 Müll.: flocci pendo, quid rerum geras, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Exp. Serm. p. 565, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(floccus) ī, m
FLA-, a lock, flock : illum flocci facere, to value a hair, regard as worthless , T.: nec tamen flocci facio, care not a straw for : totam rem p. flocci non facere: ego non flocci pendere, T.
Origins
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlok-, related to Old High German blaha (“linen, canvas”), Old Swedish blan, bla, both from Proto-Germanic *blahǭ, *blagwǭ (“cloth, linen”), and Old Norse blæja, which is from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“linen, cloth”). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *flokkō (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flake, fluff”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”).
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseflocofrom Old Galician-Portuguese froco
- Portuguesefrocofrom Old Galician-Portuguese froco
- Spanishflueco
- Spanishfleco
- Spanishlleco
- Galicianflocofrom Old Galician-Portuguese froco
- Galicianfrocofrom Old Galician-Portuguese froco
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanfloc
- Occitanflòc
- Frenchflocfrom Old French floc
- Englishflockfrom Old French floc
Insular Romance
- Sardinianfiocu
- Sardinianflocu
- Sardinianfrocu
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianfiocco
- Italianflocco
- Dalmatianfloc
- Dalmatianflok
- Greekφλόκιfrom Italian fiocco
- Neapolitansciuocco
Borrowings
- Englishfloccus
- Englishfloc
- Albanianflok
- Old High Germanfloccho
- Welshffluwchfrom Proto-Brythonic *flʉx
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianfloc
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianfloc
- Romanshfloc
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmontesefiòca
Elsewhere
- Vulgar Latin*floccāre