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“flame” in Latin
flammaflame, fire; a fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, furyārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desireignisfire; beacon, signal by firebellumwarōrātorAn orator, speaker.; A spokesman, spokesperson.; An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message)flammulaa little flameīnflammōto ignite, inflame; to excite, inflame, enkindle, set afire or on fire, igniteincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire uponflammōto flame, blaze, burn; to inflame, set on fire; to reddenārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colour
The English word flame itself goes back to Latin flammula, through flamma.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flame s.
flamma (PROP. and IMPROP.; e.g., flamma amoris, belli, oratoris): ardor (glow, PROP. and IMPROP. = an ardently beloved object; Vid: Ov., Met., 14, 683; diminutive, flammula): ignis (fire, PROP. and IMPROP.): to be, etc., in flames [Vid: FIRE]: the flame (of ambition) is increasing, flamma crescit (Sall., Jug., 4, 4). The flame of war is kindled in Africa, Africa ardet bello. To set in (a) flame, inflammare, incendere (PROP. and figuratively). Vid: FIRE.
flame v.
flammare (e.g., flammans fenum, PROP. flammantia lumina, Verg., for which Ovid has flammea lumina): ardere (to burn): flagrare (to be in a blaze): flammigerare (to break out into flames, Gell., 17, 10). Vid: also To BURN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flame?
- The usual Latin words for “flame” are flamma, ārdor, ignis; also bellum, ōrātor, flammula. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.