flamen
See also: Flamen
English
Pronunciation
Noun
flamen (plural flamens or flamines)
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Latin priest
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Latin
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlag- (“to hit, strike, beat”).[1] Other etymologies point to *bhleh₂- (no meaning given), or *bhlg- (“to shine, burn”).[2] Traditionally asserted relationships to Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman), Old Norse blót via conjectured *bʰlag-, *bʰlād- present difficulties.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflaː.men/, [ˈfɫ̪äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfla.men/, [ˈfläːmen]
Noun
flāmen m (genitive flāminis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | flāmen | flāminēs |
Genitive | flāminis | flāminum |
Dative | flāminī | flāminibus |
Accusative | flāminem | flāminēs |
Ablative | flāmine | flāminibus |
Vocative | flāmen | flāminēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From flō (“I breathe, blow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Noun
flāmen n (genitive flāminis); third declension
Declension
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
- “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
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- ^ 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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