LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lampas

lampas f (genitive lampadis)
Classical[ˈɫam.pas]Ecclesiastical[ˈlam.pas]

Meaning

  1. femininelamp, lantern
  2. femininetorch, firebrand, flambeau
    illius ex oculis, cum vult exurere divos, / accendit geminas lampadas acer Amor. From her eyes, when he wants to burn up the gods, does fierce Love kindle his twin torches― Stephen Hinds, « Venus, Varro and the vates: toward the limits of etymologizing interpretation », Dictynna, 3 | 2006c. 50 BCE – 19 BCE, Albius Tibullus, Elegiae 3.8
    si non aurea sunt iuvenum simulacra per aedes / lampadas igniferas manibus retinentia dextrisc. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 2

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelampaslampades
lampadae
genitivelampados
lampadis, lampadae		lampadum
lampadārum
dativelampadī
lampadae		lampadibus
accusativelampada
lampadem, lampadam		lampadas
lampadēs
ablativelampadelampadibus
vocativelampaslampades
lampadae

lampăs, ădis (late Lat. also lampă-da, ae, Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 3, 28:
I. lampadarum, Vulg. Ezech. 1, 13), f., = λαμπάς, a light, torch, flambeau (mostly poet.; cf.: lucerna, lychnus, laterna).
I. Lit.: lampades ardentes, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86: illatae lampades, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: lampadas igniferas, Lucr. 2, 25: vidi argenteum Cupidinem cum lampade, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115: pinguis, Ov. M. 4, 403: pingues lampades, Lucr. 4, 403: ardens, Verg. A. 9, 535: Salmoneus, dum flammas Jovis imitatur, lampada quassans, id. ib. 6, 587: lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis, with torches, Ov. M. 12, 247; Vulg. Exod. 20, 18: lampas ignis, id. Gen. 15, 17.—Used at weddings, a wedding-torch: tene hane lampadem, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 9. —Hence, poet.: lampade primā, at her wedding, Stat. S. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—
B. Esp., a lamp: ferreae lampades, Col. 12, 18, 5: aënea, Juv. 3, 285: praecinctae lampades auro, Ov. H. 14, 25: accipere oleum cum lampadibus, Vulg. Matt. 25, 4.—
II. Trop.
A. From the Grecian torch-race (which consisted in keeping the torch burning during the race and handing it, still lighted, to the next one), are borrowed the expressions: lampada tradere alicui, to give or resign one's occupation to another: nunc cursu lampada tibi trado, now it is your turn, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9: quasi cursores, vitai lampada tradunt, i. e. they finish their course, die, Lucr. 2, 79: qui prior es, cur me in decursu lampada poscis? i. e. do you wish to succeed to my estate while I am yet alive? Pers. 6, 61.—
B. In gen., splendor, brightness, lustre: aeterna mundl, Lucr. 5, 402; cf.: rosea sol alte lampade lucens, id. 5, 610: Phoebeae lampadis instar, the light of the sun, the sun, Verg. A. 3, 637: postera cum primā lustrabat lampade terras Orta dies, the first beams of light, first rays of dawn, id. ib. 7, 148.—
C. Hence, poet., like lumen, for day: octavoque fere candenti lumine solis Aut etiam nonā reddebant lampade vitam, on the ninth day, Lucr. 6, 1198; so of the moonlight: decima lampas Phoebes, Val. Fl. 7, 366; cf.: cum se bina formavit lampade Phoebe, i. e. after two moons, Nemes. Cyn. 130: lampade Phoebes sub decima, the tenth month, Val. Fl. 7, 366.—
D. A meteor resembling a torch: emicant et faces, non nisi cum decidunt visae. Duo genera earum: lampades vocant plane faces, alterum bolidas, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 15: nunc sparso lumine lampas emicuit caelo, Luc. 1, 532; 10, 502.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp or flambeau”), from λάμπω (lámpō), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

Descendants
  • Catalanllampegar
  • Catalanllampec
  • Catalanllamp
  • Italianlampo
  • Occitanlampec
  • Occitanlampig
  • Occitanlamp
  • Spanishrelámpago
  • Portugueserelâmpado
  • Portugueserelâmpago

In English words that came into English from lampas

  • lamplampas
  • lampadariuslampadārius

Quick answers

What does lampas mean in Latin?
lampas, a noun, means “lamp, lantern; torch, firebrand, flambeau”.
What is the genitive of lampas?
The genitive singular is lampadis. lampas is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lampas?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫam.pas]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlam.pas].