"flamma" meaning in Latin

See flamma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɫam.ma] [Classical-Latin], [ˈflam.ma] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *flagmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-mh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Compare flagrō (“to blaze”) and fulgō (“to flash, shine”) from the same root, as well as Ancient Greek φλογμός (phlogmós, “flame”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*flagmā}} Proto-Italic *flagmā, {{der|la|ine-pro||*bʰl̥-g-mh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-g-mh₂, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰel-|*bʰl̥g-|to shimmer, gleam, shine}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”), {{cog|grc|φλογμός|t=flame}} Ancient Greek φλογμός (phlogmós, “flame”) Head templates: {{la-noun|flamma<1>}} flamma f (genitive flammae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|flamma<1>}} Forms: flammae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], flamma [nominative, singular], flammae [nominative, plural], flammae [genitive, singular], flammārum [genitive, plural], flammae [dative, singular], flammīs [dative, plural], flammam [accusative, singular], flammās [accusative, plural], flammā [ablative, singular], flammīs [ablative, plural], flamma [singular, vocative], flammae [plural, vocative]
  1. flame, fire Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms (flame, fire): ignis
    Sense id: en-flamma-la-noun-EqAFaJfT Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Fire Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Fire: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'flame, fire': 90 10
  2. (figuratively) a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, fury Tags: declension-1, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-flamma-la-noun-qUyzqhBj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flagrō, flammeus, flammifer, flammō, flammula, īnflammō

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "flammam",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flagrō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flammeus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flammifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flammō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flammula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "66 34",
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              11,
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              28,
              32
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          "text": "Urbi ferrō flammāque minitatus est.",
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          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.586–587",
          "roman": "ultrīcis flammae, et cinerēs satiāsse meōrum.’”",
          "text": "“‘ […] animumque explēsse iuvābit",
          "translation": "“‘And it will feel good to fill my soul [with] flames of vengeance, and [thus] to appease the ashes of my [people].’”\n(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.)",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈflam.ma]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        "ablative",
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      "word": "flammō"
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      "word": "flammula"
    },
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