flammula

flammula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Italic *flagmā
Latin flamma
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin ula
Latin flammula

    From flamma (“flame”) + ula (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    flammula f (genitive flammulae); first declension

    1. a little flame

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative flammula flammulae
    genitive flammulae flammulārum
    dative flammulae flammulīs
    accusative flammulam flammulās
    ablative flammulā flammulīs
    vocative flammula flammulae

    Descendants

    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Occitan: flamba
      • Old French: flamble
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • Italian: fiammola
      • Venetan: fiamola
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • “flammula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “flammula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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