adjective #2248

flaccus

fem. flacca · neut. flaccum

flabby; hanging down

flabby, hanging down.

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Lit.: auriculae, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4.—

flap-eared by extension •

Transf., of persons, flap-eared: ecquos deos paetulos esse arbitramur? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones, quae sunt in nobis? Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Perseus ID: n18272 Key: flaccus1