LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

flāmen1

flāmen m (genitive flāminis, feminine flāmina)
Classical[ˈfɫaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[ˈflaː.men]

Meaning

  1. priest, flamen

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ventus — verbum poētārum
flāmen -inis (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 6

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflāmenflāminēs
genitiveflāminisflāminum
dativeflāminīflāminibus
accusativeflāminemflāminēs
ablativeflāmineflāminibus
vocativeflāmenflāminēs

flāmen (also †
I. FILAMEN, Inscr. Grut. 227, 6), mis, m. same root with fla-gro, q. v.; lit., he who burns, sc. offerings, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 84, 146; cf. 2, 86 note; Momms. Röm. Gesch. 1, 155; and Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 301, a priest of one particular deity, a flamen (acc. to a false etym. of Varr. and Fest., v. infra, so called from the fillet which he wore around his head). Festus enumerates from the highest flamen, that of Jupiter, to the lowest, that of Pomona, fifteen of these priests; in the times of the emperors, the deified emperors and other deified persons also had their separate flamens assigned to them: flamines, quod in Latio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, flamines dicti. Horum singuli cognomina habent ab eo deo, quoi sacra faciunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.: flamen Dialis dictus, quod filo assidue velatur, indeque appellatur flamen, quasi filamen, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 15 Müll.; cf. also Serv. Verg. A. 8, 664: maximae dignationis Flamen Dialis est inter quindecim flamines, et cum ceteri discrimina majestatis suae habeant, minimi habetur Pomonalis, quod Pomona levissimo fructui agrorum praesidit pomis, Fest. p. 154, 27 sq.; cf. Müll. Comm. ad h. l. p. 385, b: DIVIS ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBVS PONTIFICES, SINGVLIS FLAMINES SVNTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: (Numa) flaminem Jovi assiduum sacerdotem creavit ... huic duos flamines adjecit, Marti unum, alterum Quirino, Liv. 1, 20, 2; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 14; Aug. Civ. D. 2, 15; cf. also: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, ut Marti, ut Quirino, sic divo Julio M. Antonius, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110: Tiberius flamines sibi decerni prohibuit, Suet. Tib. 26; v. Gell. 10, 15: FLAMEN D. AVGVSTI, Inscr. Orell. 311; 488; cf. AVGVSTALIS, ib. 643; 2366: DIVI CLAVDII, ib. 2218; 3651: PERPETVVS NERONIS AVG., ib. 2219: SALVTIS AVGVSTAE, ib. 1171: ROMAE, ib. 2183: flaminem prodere, Cic. Mil. 10, 27: inaugurare flaminem, Liv. 27, 8, 4.
Flāmen, ĭnis, m.,
I. a surname in the gens Claudia, Liv. 27, 21, 5.

Origins

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Italic *flāmen or *flādmen (“sacrificial act?”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-mn̥ or *bʰleh₂-d-mn̥, from a root *bʰleh₂- with or without an extension *-d-. (For the change of *-dm- to -m-, compare caementum.) A possible cognate in this case is Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 (blōtan, “to honour”); see Proto-Germanic *blōtą. Alternatively, from Proto-Italic *flagsmen (“burnt offering?”), from pre-Latin *bʰl̥gsmn̥, from the root *bʰelg- (“to shine, burn”), which would make it cognate to flagrō (“to burn, blaze”) and flamma (“flame”). Traditionally connected to Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman): however, this etymology is now largely rejected.

Descendants
  • Englishflamen
  • Frenchflamine
  • Italianflamine
  • Portugueseflâmine

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesFlamenFlamen the name for any Roman priest who was devoted to the service of one particular god (DIVISQUE ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBUS PONTIFICES, SINGULI…
noun · neuterthird declension
flāmen2
flāmen n (genitive flāminis)

Meaning

  1. blast, gust (of wind)
  2. breeze

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflāmenflāmina
flāminēs
genitiveflāminisflāminum
dativeflāminīflāminibus
accusativeflāmen
flāminem		flāmina
flāminēs
ablativeflāmineflāminibus
vocativeflāmenflāmina
flāminēs

flāmen, ĭnis, n. flo, = πνεῦμα,
I. a blowing, blast, esp. of wind (poet., most freq. in the plur.; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
I. Lit.: cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae? Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.): Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54: venti, Lucr. 1, 290: Cauri, id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
II. Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind: ferunt sua flamina classem, Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599: flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor, Val. Fl. 3, 732.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Latinflāmen

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flāmen From flō (“to breathe, blow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesFlamenFlamen the name for any Roman priest who was devoted to the service of one particular god (DIVISQUE ALIIS ALII SACERDOTES, OMNIBUS PONTIFICES, SINGULI…

Quick answers

What does flāmen mean in Latin?
flāmen, a noun, means “priest, flamen”.
What is the genitive of flāmen?
The genitive singular is flāminis. flāmen is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce flāmen?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈflaː.men].