flabrum

flabrum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *flāōder.
Latin flō
Latin -brum
Latin flābrum

    From flō (“to blow”) + -brum.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    flābrum n (genitive flābrī); second declension

    1. gust, blast of wind; breeze

    Usage notes

    Only found in the plural in Classical Latin.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative flābrum flābra
    genitive flābrī flābrōrum
    dative flābrō flābrīs
    accusative flābrum flābra
    ablative flābrō flābrīs
    vocative flābrum flābra

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Romanian: flaur

    References

    • “flābra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “flābra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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