floccipendo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the compounding of floccus (“flock”) and pendere (“to weigh”), maybe "to weigh the flocks" in a figurative sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /flok.kiˈpen.doː/, [fɫ̪ɔkːɪˈpɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /flot.t͡ʃiˈpen.do/, [flotː͡ʃiˈpɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
[edit]floccipendō (present infinitive floccipendere, perfect active floccipendī, supine floccipēnsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) To take
- (transitive) To consider