adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
flammeus
flammeus (feminine flammea, neuter flammeum)
Classical[ˈfɫam.me.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈflam.me.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveflaming, fiery
- adjectivered
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flammeus | flammea | flammeum |
| genitive | flammeī | flammeae | flammeī |
| dative | flammeō | flammeae | flammeō |
| accusative | flammeum | flammeam | flammeum |
| ablative | flammeō | flammeā | flammeō |
| vocative | flammee | flammea | flammeum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flammeī | flammeae | flammea |
| genitive | flammeōrum | flammeārum | flammeōrum |
| dative | flammeīs | flammeīs | flammeīs |
| accusative | flammeōs | flammeās | flammea |
| ablative | flammeīs | flammeīs | flammeīs |
| vocative | flammeī | flammeae | flammea |
flammĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. flaming, fiery.
I. Lit.:
sunt stellae naturā flammeae, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118; Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: halitus, Col. 5, 5, 15; Mart. 10, 62, 6.—B. Transf., of color, flaming, flamecolored, fiery red:
lumina, Ov. H. 12, 107: flammeum quod phlox vocatur, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64: murex, Val. Fl. 5, 361: vestimentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92 Müll.—Deriv., 2. Subst.: flammĕum, i, n.
(a). A fiery red color:
aliquid flammei, aliquid lutei, Sen. N. Q. 1, 3, 4.—(b). = phlox, the flame-red violet, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64.—
(g). (sc. velum), a (flame-colored) bridal-veil, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46:
capere, Cat. 61, 8: sumere, Juv. 2, 124: puellae caput involvere flammeo, Petr. 26, 1: flammea texuntur sponsae, Mart. 11, 78, 3; 12, 42, 3; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 325; Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; cf. Non. p. 541 fin.; Becker's Gall. 2, p. 24 sq.: lutea, Luc. 2, 361; Mart. Cap. 5, § 538; Verg. Cir. 317.—Poet.: flammea conterit, i. e. changes husbands repeatedly, Juv. 6, 225.— II. Trop.: flaming, glowing (ante- and post-class.): versus, Enn. ap. Non. 139, 15 (Sat. 7, p. 155 ed. Vahl.):
acres et flammei viri, Sid. Ep. 1, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
flammeus adj.
flamma, flaming, fiery : stellae naturā: lumina, blazing , O.: vestigia, Ct.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin flammeus From flamma + -eus.
Descendants
- Italianfiammeo
- Italianflammeo
In English words that came into English from flammeus
- flammeousflammeus