flamma

See also: 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.ma/, [ˈfɫ̪ämːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.ma/, [ˈflämːä]

Noun

flamma f (genitive flammae); first declension

1. flame, fire

   Urbi ferrō flammāque minitatus est.

   He threatened the city with fire and sword.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flamma	flammae
Genitive	flammae	flammārum
Dative	flammae	flammīs
Accusative	flammam	flammās
Ablative	flammā	flammīs
Vocative	flamma	flammae

Synonyms

• (flame, fire): ignis

Related terms

• flagrō
• flammeus
• flammō
• flammula
• īnflammō

Descendants

• Aromanian: fleamã
• Asturian: llama
• Catalan: flama
• Danish: flamme
• Dutch: vlam
• English: flame
• French: flamme
• Friulian: flame
• Galician: chama
• German: Flamme
• Greek: φλαμούρι (flamoúri), φλαμουριά (flamouriá)

• Italian: fiamma
• Norwegian: flamme
• Occitan: flamba
• Old Galician-Portuguese: chama
• Romanian: flamă (borrowing)
• Portuguese: chama, flama (borrowing)
• Sardinian: fiama, fiamma
• Sicilian: ciamma
• Spanish: llama, flama
• Swedish: flamma

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be devoured by the flames: flammis corripi
    
• “flamma”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Verb

flamma

1. simple past and past participle of flamme

Alternative forms

• flammet

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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