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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-mh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (to shimmer, gleam, shine). Compare flagrō (to blaze) from the same root.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flamma f (genitive flammae); first declension

  1. flame, fire
    Urbi ferrō flammāque minitatus est.
    He threatened the city with fire and sword.
  2. (figuratively) a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, fury
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.586–587:
      “‘[...] animumque explēsse iuvābit
      ultrīcis flammae, et cinerēs satiāsse meōrum.’”
      “‘And it will feel good to fill my soul [with] flames of vengeance, and [thus] to appease the ashes of my [people].’”
      (Aeneas recalls the fall of Troy, the city afire, and how he considered whether to kill Helen “in the heat of the moment”; i.e., extreme emotion feels like a fire within the body. Syncope: explevisse, satiavisse; substitution: ultricis for ultionis.)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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flamma

  1. simple past and past participle of flamme

Alternative forms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old French flame.

Noun

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flamma c

  1. a flame
  2. a woman, a romance

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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flamma (present flammar, preterite flammade, supine flammat, imperative flamma)

  1. to blaze, to flame
  2. (with "upp") flare up

Conjugation

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