flaccus

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τὸν τεθνηκότα μὴ κακολογεῖν → do not speak ill of the dead, speak no ill of the dead (Chilon the Spartan)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

flaccus: a, um, adj. etym. dub.,
I 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,>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) flaccus, a, um, flasque, pendant [en parl. des oreilles] : Varro R. 2, 9, 4 || aux oreilles pendantes : Cic. Nat. 1, 80.