Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 710.flamma on page 710
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flamma flame
flamma is a Latin Noun that primarily means flame.
Definitions for flamma
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
flame, fire
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(usu. pl. or collect. sg.) A flame. (b) (as a source of heat). (c) in ~a, on fire, ablaze.
- 2
Fire or flame as a destructive agency. (b) ferrum ~aque (and sim.), 'fire and the sword' (i.e. the weapons of total destruction, devastation). (c) (pregn.) the flames of a funeral pyre; (also, of a sacrificial fire; of a fire for burning people alive).
- 3
A conflagration, blaze, fire. (b) (fig.) an outburst, 'flare-up' (of discord, violence, etc.). (c) (fig.) a highly dangerous situation.
Sentences with flamma
Latin to English
Urbs flammīs dēlēbatur.Compare The city was being destroyed by flames.
Flamma fūmō est proxima.Compare Flame follows smoke.
Flammae vōs oppriment.Compare The flames will overwhelm you.
Declension table for flamma
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | flamma | flammae |
| Gen. | flammae | flammārum |
| Dat. | flammae | flammīs |
| Acc. | flammam | flammās |
| Abl. | flammā | flammīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 476.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 710.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "flamma, flammae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/flamma-flammae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 476.on page 476
