flamma

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Compare flagrō (“to blaze”) from the same root.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈflam.ma/, [ˈfɫam.ma]

Noun

flamma f (genitive flammae); first declension

  1. flame, fire
    Urbi ferrum flammamque minitatus est.
    He threatened the city with fire and sword.
  2. (m) a Roman cognomen

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative flamma flammae
genitive flammae flammārum
dative flammae flammīs
accusative flammam flammās
ablative flammā flammīs
vocative flamma flammae

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Swedish

Noun

flamma c

  1. a flame; a woman, a romance

Declension

Declension of flamma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flamma flamman flammor flammorna
Genitive flammas flammans flammors flammornas

Verb

flamma

  1. blaze, flame
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