flabellum

Etymology

From Latin flabellum (“fan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈbɛləm/

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Noun

flabellum (plural flabellums or flabella)

1. A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
2. (botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.

Etymology

Diminutive form of flābrum (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flaːˈbel.lum/, [fɫaːˈbɛl.lũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flaˈbel.lum/

Noun

flābellum n (genitive flābellī); second declension

1. A small (hand-held) fan, especially for keeping off flies.
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) flabellum.

References

• flabellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flabellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flabellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• flabellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• flabellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flabellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin