flamen

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Noun

flamen (plural flamens or flamines)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlag- (“to hit, strike, beat”).[1] Other etymologies point to *bʰleh₂- (no meaning given) or *bʰel- (“to shine, burn”).[2] Traditionally asserted relationships to Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman), Old Norse blót via conjectured *bʰlag-, *bʰlād- present difficulties.

Pronunciation

Noun

flāmen m (genitive flāminis, feminine flāmina); third declension

  2. priest, flamen
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative flāmen flāminēs
genitive flāminis flāminum
dative flāminī flāminibus
accusative flāminem flāminēs
ablative flāmine flāminibus
vocative flāmen flāminēs
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: flamen
  • → French: flamine
  • → Portuguese: flâmine

Etymology 2

From flō (“I breathe, blow”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

flāmen n (genitive flāminis); third declension

  2. blast, gust (of wind)
  3. breeze
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative flāmen flāmina
genitive flāminis flāminum
dative flāminī flāminibus
accusative flāmen flāmina
ablative flāmine flāminibus
vocative flāmen flāmina

Further reading

  • “flamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “flamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “flamen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “flamen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

References

  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Michiel de Vaan (ed.): Etymological Dictionary of Latin. Ph. D. 2002. Brill, Leiden 2008, s. v. “flāmen”, first published online October 2010.
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