flamma

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-mh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (to shimmer, gleam, shine). Compare flagrō (to blaze) and fulgō (to flash, shine) from the same root, as well as Ancient Greek φλογμός (phlogmós, flame).

Pronunciation

Noun

flamma f (genitive flammae); first declension

  1. flame, fire
    Urbi ferrō flammāque minitatus est.
    He threatened the city with fire and sword.
  2. (figuratively) a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, fury
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.586–587:
      “‘ animumque explēsse iuvābit
      ultrīcis flammae, et cinerēs satiāsse meōrum.’”
      “‘And it will feel good to fill my soul flames of vengeance, and to appease the ashes of my .’”
      (Aeneas recalls the fall of Troy, the city afire, and how he considered whether to kill Helen “in the heat of the moment”; i.e., extreme emotion feels like a fire within the body. Syncope: explevisse, satiavisse; substitution: ultricis for ultionis.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative flamma flammae
genitive flammae flammārum
dative flammae flammīs
accusative flammam flammās
ablative flammā flammīs
vocative flamma flammae

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flagrō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224

Further reading

  • flamma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • flamma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flamma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be devoured by the flames: flammis corripi
  • flamma”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

flamma

  1. simple past and past participle of flamme

Alternative forms

Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flamma.

Noun

flamma f

  1. flame

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • flamma”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French flame.

Noun

flamma c

  1. a flame
  2. a woman, a romance

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

flamma (present flammar, preterite flammade, supine flammat, imperative flamma)

  1. to blaze, to flame
  2. (with "upp") flare up

Conjugation

Conjugation of flamma (weak)
active passive
infinitive flamma
supine flammat
imperative flamma
imper. plural1 flammen
present past present past
indicative flammar flammade
ind. plural1 flamma flammade
subjunctive2 flamme flammade
present participle flammande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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