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Proto-Italic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- an Italic flower goddess, Flora
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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
