flammeum

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Latin

Etymology

Substantive of flammeus (flame-colored).

Pronunciation

Noun

flammeum n (genitive flammeī); second declension

  1. an orange bridal veil

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

References

  • flammeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flammeum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • flammeum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flammeum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin