noun · femininefirst declension
flamma1
flamma f (genitive flammae)
Classical[ˈfɫam.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈflam.ma]
№ 298 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineflame, fire
Urbi ferrō flammāque minitatus est.
He threatened the city with fire and sword. - femininefigurativelya fire or flame (of love or passion), love, passion, desire, heat, fury
“‘[…] animumque explēsse iuvābit
“‘And it will feel good to fill my soul [with] flames of vengeance, and [thus] to appease the ashes of my [people].’” (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.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.586–587
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lūx ignis ārdēns, quae ex focō surgit.flamma -ae f — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
quod in lucernā lūcetflamma -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 4
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flamma | flammae |
| genitive | flammae | flammārum |
| dative | flammae | flammīs |
| accusative | flammam | flammās |
| ablative | flammā | flammīs |
| vocative | flamma | flammae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- flammis corripi
- to be devoured by the flames.
flamma, ae (archaic
I. gen. sing. flammaï, Lucr. 1, 725; 900; 5, 1099), f. for flagma, v. flagro; cf. Gr. φλέγμα, from φλέγω, a blazing fire, a blaze, flame (cf. ignis).
I. Lit.: fana flammā deflagrata, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ed. Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 1169:
dicere aiunt Ennium, flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi quam bona dicta teneat, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 222: flammam concipere, to take fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2: flammā torreri, id. B. G. 5, 43, 4: flamma ab utroque cornu comprehensa, naves sunt combustae, id. B. C. 3, 101, 5: circumventi flammā, id. B. G. 6, 16, 4: effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit, Liv. 30, 6, 5: flammam sedare, Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.: lumina illa non flammae, sed scintillis inter fumum emicantibus similia, Quint. 8, 5, 29: solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci, the blazing light, Lucr. 1, 1090: erat is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circulus elucens, i. e. among the blazing stars, Cic. Rep. 6, 16: polo fixae flammae, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15: deum genitor rutilas per nubila flammas Spargit, i. e. flashing lightnings, id. F. 3, 285: flammam media ipsa tenebat Ingentem, i. e. a torch, Verg. A. 6, 518; so, armant picis unguine flammas, Val. Fl. 8, 302; for ignis: modum ponere iambis flammā, Hor. C. 1, 16, 3: flamma ferroque absumi, by fire and sword, Liv. 30, 6; Juv. 10, 266.—b. Provv.
(a). Flamma fumo est proxima:
Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest, i. e. the slightest approach to impropriety leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53. —(b). E flamma cibum petere, to snatch food from the flames, i. e. to be reduced to extremities for want of it, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 38 (cf. Cat. 59).—
(g). Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water, of any thing impossible, Poët. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 49.—
(d). Unda dabit flammas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 4.—(ε) flamma recens parva sparsa resedit aqua, = obsta principiis, Ov. H. 17, 190.—
B. Transf.
1. Of color, flame-color:
reddit flammam excellentis purpurae, Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46: stant lumina (i. e. oculi) flammā, his eyes glare with fire, Verg. A. 6, 300; cf.: rubrā suffusus lumina flammā, Ov. M. 11, 368.— 2. Fever-heat, Ov. M. 7, 554.—
II. Trop., viz., acc. as the notion of glowing heat or of destructive power predominates (cf. flagro, II.).—
A. The flame or fire of passion, esp. of love, the flame or glow of love, flame, passion, love:
amoris turpissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: cuncto concepit pectore flammam Funditus, Cat. 64, 92; cf.: excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas, Ov. M. 7, 17: digne puer meliore flammā, Hor. C. 1, 27, 20: ira feri mota est: spirat pectore flammas, Ov. M. 8, 355; Sil. 17, 295: omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris, Cic. Brut. 24, 93; cf.: scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere, Sall. J. 4, 6.—B. A devouring flame, destructive fire, suffering, danger:
incidi in ipsam flammam civilis discordiae vel potius belli, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: invidiae, id. de Or. 3, 3, 11: is se tum eripuit flammā, id. Brut. 23, 90: implacatae gulae, i. e. raging hunger, Ov. M. 8, 849.—C. Flamma Jovis, the name of a red flower, Plin. 27, 7, 27, § 44.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flamma ae, f
2 FLAG-, a blazing fire, blaze, flame : undique flammā torrerentur, S.: flammam concipere, take fire , Cs.: circumventi flammā, Cs.: effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit, L.: inter flammas circus elucens, blazing stars : flammam tenebat Ingentem, a torch , V.: flammas cum puppis Extulerat, V.: extrema meorum, funeral torch , V.: modum Ponere iambis flammā, H.: flammā ferroque absumi, fire and sword , L.: mixta cum frigore, heat , O.: stant lumina flammā, glare , V.: flammae latentis Indicium rubor est, fever , O.— Provv.: E flammā petere cibum, i. e. suffer extreme hunger , T.: Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water : Unda dabit flammas, O.—Fig., the flame of passion, fire of love, glow, flame, passion, wrath : amoris: conceptae pectore flammae, O.: Digne puer meliore flammā, H.: oratoris: ultrix, V.— A devouring flame, danger, destruction, ruin : qui ab aris flammam depellit: ex illā flammā evolavit: implacatae gulae, i. e. raging hunger , O.
Origins
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”).
Elsewhere
- GermanFlammefrom Old High German flamma
- Portugueseflama
- Romanianflamă
- Spanishflama
- Vulgar Latin*flammizāre
- Greekφλαμούρι
- Greekφλαμουριά
- Dutchvlamfrom Old Dutch flamma
- Danishflammefrom Old High German flamma
- Norwegian Bokmålflammefrom Old High German flamma
Insular Romance
- Sardinianfiama
- Sardinianfiamma
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesechamafrom Old Galician-Portuguese chama
- Spanishllama
- Asturianllama
- Galicianchamafrom Old Galician-Portuguese chama
Italo-Romance
- Italianfiamma
- Sicilianciamma
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanflama
- Franco-Provençalfllama
- Old Frenchflame
Balkano-Romance
- Aromanianfleamã
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianflame
- Ladinflama
- Ladinfiama