flammeum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of flammeus (“flame-colored”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.me.um/, [ˈfɫ̪ämːeʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.me.um/, [ˈflämːeum]

Noun

flammeum n (genitive flammeī); second declension

1. an orange bridal veil

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flammeum	flammea
Genitive	flammeī	flammeōrum
Dative	flammeō	flammeīs
Accusative	flammeum	flammea
Ablative	flammeō	flammeīs
Vocative	flammeum	flammea

Derived terms

• flammeolum

References

• “flammeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flammeum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “flammeum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “flammeum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin