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floccou facteon

(macaronic Latin: 'to be made of a flock of wool', i.e. cared not at all)

Source: Cicero, Ad Atticum (macaronic)

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Etymology

Cicero's macaronic joke combining floccus + Greek verbal ending -τέον.

Occurs in 1 work (1 mentions)

Ad Atticum 1.16 61 BC · 1 occurrence

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