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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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    From an ā-thematic extension of *flōs (flower), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-és, from *bʰleh₃- (bloom, flower). Compare Aurōra, which shows a similar a-extension.

    Proper noun

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    *Flōzā f[1][2]

    1. an Italic flower goddess, Flora

    Inflection

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    Declension of *Flōzā (ā-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *Flōzā *Flōzās
    vocative *Flōza *Flōzās
    accusative *Flōzām, -am *Flōzans
    genitive *Flōzās *Flōzāzom
    dative *Flōzāi *Flōzais
    ablative *Flōzād *Flōzais
    locative *Flōzāi *Flōzais

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flōs, -ōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
    2. ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2017), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), volume 2, Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Italic, pages 843-844