flamen

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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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Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Italic *flāgmen, 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.

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Noun[edit]

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

  2. priest, flamen
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flāmen flāminēs
Genitive flāminis flāminum
Dative flāminī flāminibus
Accusative flāminem flāminēs
Ablative flāmine flāminibus
Vocative flāmen flāminēs
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  • → English: flamen
  • → French: flamine
  • → Portuguese: flâmine

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

flāmen n (genitive flāminis); third declension

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

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flāmen flāmina
Genitive flāminis flāminum
Dative flāminī flāminibus
Accusative flāmen flāmina
Ablative flāmine flāminibus
Vocative flāmen flāmina

Further reading[edit]

  • “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[edit]

  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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