LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

flagrum

flagrum n (genitive flagrī)
Classical[ˈfɫa.ɡrũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈflaː.ɡrum]

Meaning

  1. neuterwhip, scourge, lash

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflagrumflagra
genitiveflagrīflagrōrum
dativeflagrōflagrīs
accusativeflagrumflagra
ablativeflagrōflagrīs
vocativeflagrumflagra

flā^grum, i, n. cf.: fligo, af-fligo, etc. and flagellum,
I. a whip, scourge, lash (syn.: verber, scutica, flagellum).
I. Lit., Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 10; id. Cas. 1, 35; id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; Liv. 28, 11, 6; Suet. Oth. 2; Juv. 5, 173; Dig. 47, 10, 9 al.—
II. Transf.: ad sua qui domitos deduxit flagra Quirites, i. e. to servitude, Juv. 10, 109.—As a term of reproach applied to a slave: Gymnasium flagri, salve, School for the scourge, i. e. on whom the scourge is often tried, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 31: lassitudo conservum, rediviae flagri, i. e. whose skin is cut up by the lash, Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. redivia, p. 270, 20 Müll.

Origins

Probably from *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”) + *-rom, whence also flāgitō (“to demand”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesFlagrumFlagrum dim. FLAGELLUM (μάστιξ), a whip, scourge. It may be broadly stated that the corporal punishment of freemen was, like other forms of torture, a…

Quick answers

What does flagrum mean in Latin?
flagrum, a noun, means “whip, scourge, lash”.
What is the genitive of flagrum?
The genitive singular is flagrī. flagrum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce flagrum?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫa.ɡrũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈflaː.ɡrum].