flaccus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

flaccus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.], flabby, hanging down.

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

II 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,

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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.