German

Noun

Flamen

1. inflection of Flame:
   1. genitive singular
   2. dative singular
   3. accusative singular
   4. nominative plural
   5. genitive plural
   6. dative plural
   7. accusative plural

Luxembourgish

Noun

Flamen

1. plural of Flam

English

Noun

flamen ‎(plural flamens or flamines)

1. 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.

Translations

Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlagʰ(s)men-^[1], whence Vedic ब्रह्मन् ‎(bráhman, “formulation, prayer”), from *bʰlag- ‎(“to hit”)^[2]. See flāgrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflaː.men/, [ˈfɫaː.mẽ]

Noun

flāmen m ‎(genitive flāminis); third declension

1. priest, flamen

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• flāminātus

Descendants

• English: flamen
• Portuguese: flâmine

Etymology 2

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

Noun

flāmen n ‎(genitive flāminis); third declension

1. blast, gust (of wind)
2. breeze

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

1. ↑ Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press
2. ↑ Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag